4-page announcement to retailers about Playtex Plus and Super Plus tampons.
1970s?
Playtex Economy Pak announcement (1975) pages 1 (cover)
- 2 - 3 - 4
Playtex Sport tampons (2006) box,
tampons, instructions
How to sell Kotex, a
page for trade publications, probably early 1920s, U.S.A., and "Your Image is Your Fortune!,"
Modess sales-hints booklet for stores similar to the one below, 1967 (U.S.A.)
"Educational Material on Menstruation furnished
by the makers of Tampax" (1966) U.S.A.: Folder
with huge number of information sheets, etc.
"From Fiction to Fact: a teaching guide about
puberty, menstruation and the human reproductive system" (cover, 1986, Tambrands, U.S.A.)
 
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MUSEUM OF MENSTRUATION AND WOMEN'S HEALTH
Playtex super extra absorbent self-adjusting menstrual
tampons
(1974?, International Playtex Corp., U.S.A.)
Tampons have battled one another over the ability to absorb much menstrual
discharge especially during the 1970s - and it lead to the disaster called
Rely. Other tampons are also associated with the
dangerous and sometimes fatal toxic shock syndrome (TSS).
This Playtex was one of the company's competitors (see the announcement of another).
I thank the former Tambrands, maker of Tampax,
for donating the box!
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Below: Tambrands sent the slightly battered
box with their notations.
It came from Kenya!
Cellophane encloses it. If you want to see
what's inside, as I did,
you peel the yellow vertical strip off (at left).
The box measures 5 5/8 x 2 1/2 x 1 5/16" (14 x 6.5 x 3 cm).
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Below: The leading tampon was Tampax, still
the leader.
The box (and instructions) show three
memorable things associated with
menstrual products: blue, the water
test, and flowers.
Comparing the hanging images with the upright ones
puts a
creative twist on the usual flowers on menstrual
products.
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Below: The side are identical
except the facing side lacks the bottom text.
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Below: The ends are identical.
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Announcement to retailers of the menstrual tampon
Playtex Plus (1970s?,
U.S.A.)
Playtex Economy Pak announcement (1975) pages 1 (cover)
- 2 - 3 - 4
Playtex Sport tampons (2006) box,
tampons, instructions
How to sell Kotex, a
page for trade publications, probably early 1920s, U.S.A., and "Your Image is Your Fortune!,"
Modess sales-hints booklet for stores similar to the one below, 1967 (U.S.A.)
Rely (U.S.A.) tampons, box, instructions,
newspaper exposé; associated with toxic shock syndrome crisis of
1979-80
"Educational Material on Menstruation furnished
by the makers of Tampax" (1966) U.S.A.: Folder
with huge number of information sheets, etc.
"From Fiction to Fact: a teaching guide about
puberty, menstruation and the human reproductive system" (cover, 1986, Tambrands, U.S.A.)
Tampax Bulletins (from Tampax, U.S.A.), probably
from the 1950s, answering 19 frequently asked questions
Early commercial tampons - Rely
tampon - Meds tampon (Modess)
The first Tampax - Tampon
directory.
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