See a Swedish tampon dispenser for YOUR home!
More about Pursettes:
See the Pursettes booket for teenagers (late 1950s?).
Pursettes tampon tote.
Similar to Dale (1930s-40s) tampons in their lubricated tips
Lubricated applicator version (1960-70s?) -
Tampon, box, carrier
-
3 newspaper ads, 1959 -
Tampax inter-office memo about Pursettes ad costs (30 Jan. 1964) - Box of 40 (1960s?) -
Ads: 1959, Jan. '64, Feb. '64, 1965, 1972 (testimonial), Feb. 1974, also Feb. 1974, Oct. 1974, undated (1970s?) -
Ad offering educational material
All tampon directory for this site
Pad directory for this site
Ads for teenagers directory
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Plastic box filled with 60
Pursettes tampons (no applicator, 1960s-70s?)
(Campana Corp., Batavia, Illinois, U.S.A.)

history, tampon, women, menstruation, lubrication
Introduction
Similar to Dale (1930s-40s) tampons in their lubricated tips
lubricated applicator version (1960-70s?) -
tampon, box, carrier
-
3 newspaper ads, 1959 -
Tampax inter-office memo about Pursettes ad costs (30 Jan. 1964) - Box of 40 (1960s?) -
ads: 1959, Jan. '64, Feb. '64, 1965, 1972 (testimonial), Feb. 1974, also Feb. 1974, Oct. 1974, undated (1970s?) -
ad offering educational material
I thank Tambrands, the former company that made Tampax, for this donation from its archives.
Below: The 'pons huddle together like penguins, fearing for their fate! Well, after 50+ years they don't have much to worry about.
But the missing ones . . . .
The tiny letters at the bottom of the lid say "MADE IN U.S.A. \ U.S. PAT. 2,570,341,"
which is for the hinges.
Below: Pull the blue cellophane wrapper as the arrow indicates (I added it) and . . .
Below: . . . the 'pon pops out, sort of.
Below: The string is tucked almost into the end. Yellow lubricant covers
the tip at left. It's still slippery when wet! But, again, not everyone was happy
with the lubrication.
Below: How the strings intertwine, covered by U.S. patent 2,553,000.
Aren't you glad I've looked up the patents for you? Are you awake?
NEXT: Box instructions (front & back)
See the Pursettes booket for teenagers (late 1950s?). Pursettes tampon tote.
Lubricated applicator version (1960-70s?) - Box of 40 (1960s?) - lubricated Dale (1930s-40s) tampons -
All tampon directory for this site - See a Swedish tampon dispenser for YOUR home!

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