More from France:
Nett
tampon (France) 1985, ad showing
white bathing suit
Was
Tampax the first commercial
French tampon?: French &
American box, tampons &
instructions of 1938
compared -
Kotex Freedom pads: nude woman
(France,
1970s?) and a French ad from 1990
showing white
pants -
French
Modess pad ad, 1970s? - Modess pad
ad,
French, 1972, photo by David
Hamilton -
Nana pads
(France) one-page ad featuring
just a man
(1980s?) - two-page
spread featuring a different
man (1989) -
Polivia pad
(France) ad,
1989
What did women do about menstruation
in the past?
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Rubella menstrual
tampon with applicator,
normal (regular) (France,
1973)
Below:
Two-sided instruction
sheet folds
into 3 panels.
Again, under section 5
we read that we are
able to toss the two
tubes into the toilet
because "ils se
dissolvent dans l'eau"
-
they dissolve in
water. But it's not
true unless they mean
in more than several
hours' time. My results are
on the next page.
The
thin paper sheet
measures 7 x 4 7/8"
(17.7 x 12.4 cm).
Note the red
color, reflecting the
verbal reds. Good
for them!
Red was almost taboo as a
color on menstrual
products
packaging in the
U.S.A.
At
right: Ruby
Laboratories
"specialists in
feminine hygiene";
I believe were part of
the company that made
Polivia.
The
Rubella Web
site uses
the very unFrench word
"GOODIES"
at the bottom.
All photos &
text copyright 2009
Harry Finley
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More from France:
Nett
tampon (France) 1985, ad showing
white bathing suit
Was
Tampax the first commercial
French tampon?: French &
American box, tampons &
instructions of 1938
compared -
Kotex Freedom pads: nude woman
(France,
1970s?) and a French ad from 1990
showing white
pants -
French
Modess pad ad, 1970s? - Modess pad
ad,
French, 1972, photo by David
Hamilton -
Nana pads
(France) one-page ad featuring
just a man
(1980s?) - two-page
spread featuring a different
man (1989) -
Polivia pad
(France) ad,
1989 - All tampons
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Harry Finley
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