See more Tampax items: American
ad from August 1965 - nudity in an ad: May 1992 (United Kingdom) - a sign
advertising Tampax during World War II - the original patent
- an instruction sheet from the 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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Tampax menstrual tampon instructions included in each box, 1936, U.S.A.
Women could buy tampons without applicators
in America before Tampax appeared. Tampax developed and sold the first applicator
tampon in 1936 - a stroke of genius - and it was probably much more successful
than earlier tampons.
The instructions are printed in a dark blue.
Tambrands gave this museum a dealer's case of
these tampons; the instructions below and all the 1936 items come from a
fantastic gift.
See the tampon
and box - a dealer's advisory - advice
to dealers about explaining the tampon to customers
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See the tampon and
box - a dealer's advisory - advice
to dealers about explaining the tampon to customers
See more Tampax items: See similar Tampax bulletins from the early 1950s - Read Dr.
Dickinson's study of the advantages of tampons
over pads. See Dutch Tampax ads from 1938 (and
here, virtually identical to a contemporary
American ad) American ad from August 1965 - nudity
in an ad: May 1992 (United Kingdom) - a sign advertising Tampax during World War II - the original
patent - an instruction
sheet from the 1930s
copyright 1999 Harry Finley
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