See the roughly contemporary Cashay tampon,
box, instructions. (Procter & Gamble donation, 2001), and
Dale (U.S.A., 1930s?-1940s?) Tampons, box, instructions.
(Procter & Gamble donation, 2001)
And, of course, the first Tampax AND - special
for you! - the American fax tampon,
from the early 1930s, which 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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Pamphlet introducing Meds menstrual tampon, 1930s?
(Personal Products Company)
Meds tampons competed early on with Tampax
for the women who liked applicators with tampons rather than inserting tampons
with their fingers into the vagina (for example, Nunap,
Moderne Woman, fax),
which was the main method in the 1930s, the birth decade of the commercial
menstrual tampon.
From reading page 3, below, it looks as if this pamphlet appeared with
the first Meds.
By the way, I named one of my cats
for this tampon.
See the main Meds page (1967 tampon, box
and a 1967 ad),
an ad from 1941, and another set of undated instructions.
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Below: Back (at left) & front (p.1)
covers. Each page measures 3 x 5.5" (7.5 x 14 cm).
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Below: Pp. 2-3. The Modess laboratories
made an improved pad in the 1920s because of a famous
report. The first paragraph mentions the first commercial menstrual
napkins; see very early disposables Hartmann's,
Curads (today a bandage, but then menstrual
pads were sometimes called bandages), and, of course, Kotex.
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copyright 2007 Harry Finley
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