Ad for an Elldy tampon (Japan) with applicator
(October 1996)
Early Japanese tampon (1977): Shampon
Young
A Japanese university student generously sent me the ad, along with
others, some very old, which were part of a paper
she wrote about the history of the Japanese menstrual products industry.
And, of course, the first Tampax AND - special
for you! - the American fax tampon,
from the early 1930s.
See a Modess True or False? ad in The American
Girl magazine, January 1947, and actress Carol Lynley
in "How Shall I Tell My Daughter" booklet ad (1955) - Modess . . . . because ads (many dates).
 
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Ad for Stayfree menstrual napkins, 1984, publication?
Stayfree, which helped slay that dragon of periods, the belt,
tickles a part of the brain that wants nice, clean sheets, a part of the
brain in almost all women (and don't forget men).
This is where Rely and other very absorbent tampons
got into toxic-shock-syndrome trouble. It tried to allow women to use one
tampon overnight or during the day if she had a very heavy period. I don't
know if this Stayfree was successful but I'd bet it didn't cause TSS.
See Olympic gymnast Cathy Rigby in Stayfree
ads, a bunch of American Stafree ads and speaking
of belts, see something you'd never see in an
American ad!
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See Olympic gymnast Cathy
Rigby in Stayfree ads, a bunch of American Stafree ads and speaking of belts, see something you'd never see
in an American ad!
Ad for an Elldy (Japan) with applicator (October 1996) - Early Japanese
tampon (1977): Shampon Young
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