And, of course, the first Tampax AND - special
for you! - the American fax tampon,
from the early 1930s, which also came in bags.
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).
 
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Stick menstrual tampon (Kotex; this box is from 1990)
The stick tampon used a wooden stick as an applicator, thus being biodegradable
and ecologically sound, in contrast to the tampons that used plastic applicators
(for example, Meds, by Modess; Playtex and others).
The toxic shock crisis of the early 1980s, especially associated with
Rely tampon, caused the toxic shock warning to be
placed on the back of tampon boxes. The wording changed throughout the years.
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Tampon and the paper covering
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Box front
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Back of box. I broke the image of the back into two parts
to make a faster download. The two images immediately above belong together.
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