See Pad-n-all,
a similar pad with belt from about the same
time.
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The Museum of Menstruation and
Women's Health
Compad, a
single compressed menstrual pad with belt,
U.S.A., after 1943 & before 1963
The Procter & Gamble
Company kindly donated Compad to
MUM.
Harry Finley created the
images.
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Below:
The band
after I uncompressed it. Without
stretching it's 44.5" (113 cm)
long, almost
4 feet - but it does
stretch a little (a 1" section
stretched to 1 1/8") - and about
1/4" wide (about 6 mm).
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Below:
Close-up of the band with ends.
The specks
on the black background came from
the belt.
The band looks like cotton to
me.
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Below:
FINALLY, the pad in
all its glory! No, the arrows
don't come with the pad;
I added them to cleverly
indicate how the band (above)
snakes through the loops. Yes,
yes, the band could go in the
other direction.
The cotton
filling when flattened is
about 6" (15 cm) long, 2 3/4" (7
cm) wide and 3/4" (1.9 cm) thick.
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