See an American pad in a tube, Delicate (after 1943). Pad-n-all,
a combination menstrual pad and belt (1930s-1940s? U.S.A.)
Lister's [Sanitary] Towels (U.S.A.,
1890s-1920s?) 4 ads for the first American disposable pad, by Johnson &
Johnson
Read the main Hartmann page
and see similar early U.K. towels (menstrual pads) by Mosana.
 
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MUSEUM OF MENSTRUATION AND WOMEN'S HEALTH
Early disposable menstrual napkin (towel) for traveling women: Lilia (U.K.)
Tube with single pad (1920s-30s?)
Menstruation and flowers go together, at least
in the commercial world. Not only did "flowers" refer to menstruation at one time but an early German
disposable pad took the name Camelia. And most menstrual cups resemble a tulip as pointed out in an ad for an early cup.
Pads in tubes for traveling women, which this
pad was probably for, curiously resemble tampons, commercial versions of
which appeared in the early 1930s, in America. And the packaging for early
tampons often carried text describing tampons as sanitary
pads worn internally. The two devices were about
to blend into one!
See Lil-lets tampon, almost the same name, from South Africa.
See an American pad in a tube, Delicate (after 1943). See
ads for earlier American pads in tubes in a Tourist
Set, a package of menstrual supplies for the traveling woman.
See Pad-n-all,
a combination menstrual pad and belt (1930s-1940s? U.S.A.). Ads
for early American compressed pads. Southall's ads from the United Kingdom, 1888-1913. Lister's [Sanitary] Towels (U.S.A., 1890s-1920s?)
4 ads for the first American disposable pad, by Johnson & Johnson
Read the main Hartmann page and see similar
early U.K. towels (menstrual pads) by Mosana.
I thank Andrew Smith, Wales, United Kingdom,
for this generous gift as well as two others!
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Below: The only end still having a "plug,"
a round piece of cardboard closing it.
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Someone might have tried to take out the pad before the donor gave it
to MUM since it lacked the plug in this end. And that person might have
experienced what I did: I could not push or pull the pad out! Imagine
you're in a public toilet and desperately need a pad and the *!$#*&
thing won't come out! Maybe it's just because of age.
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Below: The cardboard tube measures 3 1/4
x 1 5/8" (about 8.3 x 4 cm). I couldn't bring
myself to cut open the tube to remove the pad.
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