Tamponian & other oddities & comedies:
LOX theatrical tampons
Never in America: Ad
with talking tampons compared with penises
Tampons "For the Woman of Charm"
Origami tampons from Japan
Anne, named for Anne Frank
of diary fame
Anna menstrual sponge: the inventor's wife's name
was on each user's lips, according to her grandson.
Vulvar deodorant system
Menu with tampons
See also Ads for Teens
Booklets menstrual hygiene companies made
for girls, women and teachers - patent medicine
- a list of books and articles about menstruation
 
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Primella tampons (Switzerland?, 1969)
sanitary napkin, tampon,
pad, belts, menstruation,
women's health, ads for teenagers, period
In this museum the Swiss possibly made two tampon contributions, Primella
and Sanpax, an odd tampon that possibly never
made it to store shelves.
At first I thought Primella was Tampax in disguise but as you'll see
there are differences, possibly to avoid patent conflicts.
And nothing declares patent or trademark information nor even who made
it or where. Based on the three languages in the instructions, German, French
and Italian, I figured the Swiss made it. That source of all knowledge and
wisdom, Google, located a Primella ad in Le Journal du Sud Bourgeois for
14 April 2009, published in Switzerland, so it probably does come from that
country.
And it's alive today!
Tamponian & other oddities & comedies:
LOX theatrical tampons
Never in America: Ad
with talking tampons compared with penises
Tampons "For the Woman of Charm"
Origami tampons from Japan
Anne, Japanese 'pon named for Anne
Frank of diary fame
Anna menstrual sponge: the inventor's wife's name
was on each user's lips, according to her grandson.
Vulvar deodorant system
Menu with tampons
I thank Tambrands, the former maker of Tampax, for donating the box
from its archives!
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Below: The cardboard box measures 5 3/8
x 3 1/8 x 1 1/8" (13.8 x 7.7 x 2.7 cm) and is redder
than the picture. Someone at Tambrands, which donated the box, typed the
label.
NYO probably means New
York Office.
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Below: The only other text on the box is
on the small sides, which
are identical. I tried but failed to find out what lay under the yellow
sticker.
The same curiosity made me start this museum.
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