See the Fibs tampon and box. Early commercial tampons page.
See more Kotex items: First ad for the pad (1921; scroll to bottom of page) - pad ad, 1928 (Sears and Roebuck catalog) - Lee Miller pad ads (first real person in a menstrual hygiene ad, 1928) - Marjorie May's Twelfth Birthday (booklet for girls, 1928, Australian edition; there are many links here to Kotex items) - Preparing for Womanhood (1920s, booklet for girls; Australian edition) - 1920s booklet in Spanish showing pad disposal method - box from about 1969 - "Are you in the know?" ads for pads (1949)(1953)(1964)(booklet, 1956) - See more ads on the Ads for Teenagers main page
See a Modess True or False? ad in The American Girl magazine, January 1947, and actress Carol Lynley in "How Shall I Tell My Daughter" booklet ad (1955) - Modess . . . . because ads (many dates).
DIRECTORY of all topics (See also the SEARCH ENGINE, bottom of page.)
CONTRIBUTE to Humor, Words and expressions about menstruation and Would you stop menstruating if you could?
Some MUM site links: homepage | LIST OF ALL TOPICS | MUM address & What does MUM mean? | e-mail the museum | privacy on this site | who runs this museum?? |
Amazing women! | the art of menstruation | artists (non-menstrual) | asbestos | belts | bidets | founder bio | Bly, Nellie | MUM board | books: menstruation and menopause (and reviews) | cats | company booklets for girls (mostly) directory | contraception and religion | costumes | menstrual cups | cup usage | dispensers | douches, pain, sprays | essay directory | extraction | facts-of-life booklets for girls | famous women in menstrual hygiene ads | FAQ | founder/director biography | gynecological topics by Dr. Soucasaux | humor | huts | links | masturbation | media coverage of MUM | menarche booklets for girls and parents | miscellaneous | museum future | Norwegian menstruation exhibit | odor | olor | pad directory | patent medicine | poetry directory | products, current | puberty booklets for girls and parents | religion | Religión y menstruación | your remedies for menstrual discomfort | menstrual products safety | science | Seguridad de productos para la menstruación | shame | slapping, menstrual | sponges | synchrony | tampon directory | early tampons | teen ads directory | tour of the former museum (video) | underpants & panties directory | videos, films directory | Words and expressions about menstruation | Would you stop menstruating if you could? | What did women do about menstruation in the past? | washable pads
Leer la versión en español de los siguientes temas: Anticoncepción y religión, Breve reseña - Olor - Religión y menstruación - Seguridad de productos para la menstruación.

Newspaper ads for Fibs, the first successful Kotex menstrual tampon

Read about the life and death of this tampon.

See the actual tampon and more ads for Fibs (and here).
A genealogy researcher kindly sent the scans, some of many of tampons from newspapers. She wants to remain anonymous.
Below: Feb. 18, 1937, Mansfield News Journal, Ohio
See Quest and menstrual pad belts.
 
Below: May 19, 1938, Mansfield News Journal, Ohio
 
Below: Oct 20, 1939, Reno Evening Gazette, Nevada
 

MORE ads for Fibs and Kotex products from newspapers.
Cashay and Dale tampons, and very early Tampax and fax.

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