o.b. ads, booklets & actual tampons:
German (1970s) - German
(1972) nude woman on bed - German nude (1970s)
- French (1989) - folder,
Germany, early 1950s (tells what o.b. means!)
- Dutch, two ads from 1959 giving THEIR take on
what o.b. means, which was wrong - Dutch ads, 1962,
1967 - Belgian ad with
beach & bathing suits, 1980s? - o.b. puberty booklets
(excerpts): German, Dutch
(2004) - o.b. actual tampons: Switzerland (o.b.é.), 1970
 
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Museum of Menstruation and Women's Health
o.b. menstrual tampons
Belgian o.b. menstrual tampon ad: women on a beach
(probably 1980s)
Ads featuring women in bathing gear mean to show that tampons, carried
inside the body, don't scream to anyone within a short distance that the
bearer has her period, a sin in America and a slightly lesser offense in
much of Europe. Big pads would scream as well as soak up water and maybe
leak menses, worsening the crime.
Instead of covering up the women's menstrual regions with a shirt, a
towel and loose pants - the ad seems to have missed an opportunity - the
French, as expected, showed the invisibility of the
tampon in a white suit, tempting fate, perhaps.
The woman in the center has some major skin damage unless that's a printing
defect. I hope it is. But it's a color suited to the theme.
o.b. ads, booklets & actual tampons:
German (1970s) - German
(1972) nude woman on bed - German nude (1970s)
- French (1989) - folder,
Germany, early 1950s (tells what o.b. means!)
- Dutch, two ads from 1959 giving THEIR take on
what o.b. means, which was wrong - Dutch ads, 1962,
1967 - Belgian ad with
beach & bathing suits, 1980s? - o.b. puberty booklets
(excerpts): German, Dutch
(2004) - o.b. actual tampons: Switzerland (o.b.é.), 1970
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o.b. ads, booklets & actual tampons:
German (1970s) - German
(1972) nude woman on bed - German nude (1970s)
- French (1989) - folder,
Germany, early 1950s (tells what o.b. means!)
- Dutch, two ads from 1959 giving THEIR take on
what o.b. means, which was wrong - Dutch ads, 1962,
1967 - Belgian ad with
beach & bathing suits, 1980s? - o.b. puberty booklets
(excerpts): German, Dutch
(2004) - o.b. actual tampons: Switzerland (o.b.é.), 1970
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