More Kotex: Are you in the know? (Kotex napkins and Quest napkin powder, 1948, U.S.A.), Preparing for Womanhood (1920s, for menarcheal girls); see also Directory. Humor in advertising: Dr. White's tampons (1987, United Kingdom); Carefree panty pads for teens (1990, Germany) See Society menstrual pad, and a "silent purchase" ad for Modess, 1928.
Other Modess ads: 1931,"Modess . . . . because" ads, the French Modess, and the German "Freedom" (Kimberly-Clark) for teens.
See a prototype of the first Kotex ad.
See more Kotex items: Ad 1928 (Sears and Roebuck catalog) - Marjorie May's Twelfth Birthday (booklet for girls, 1928, Australian edition; there are many links here to Kotex items) - 1920s booklet in Spanish showing disposal method - box from about 1969 - Preparing for Womanhood (1920s, booklet for girls) - "Are you in the know?" ads (Kotex) (1949)(1953)(1964)(booklet, 1956) - See more ads on the Ads for Teenagers main page
Ads for the Kotex stick tampon (U.S.A., 1970s) - a Japanese stick tampon from the 1970s.
Early commercial tampons - Rely tampon - Meds tampon (Modess)
CONTRIBUTE to Humor, Words and expressions about menstruation and Would you stop menstruating if you could?
Some MUM site links: homepage | MUM address & What does MUM mean? | e-mail the museum | privacy on this site | who runs this museum?? |
Amazing women! | the art of menstruation | artists (non-menstrual) | asbestos | belts | bidets | founder bio | Bly, Nellie | MUM board | books: menstruation and menopause (and reviews) | cats | company booklets for girls (mostly) directory | contraception and religion | costumes | menstrual cups | cup usage | dispensers | douches, pain, sprays | essay directory | extraction | facts-of-life booklets for girls | famous women in menstrual hygiene ads | FAQ | founder/director biography | gynecological topics by Dr. Soucasaux | humor | huts | links | masturbation | media coverage of MUM | menarche booklets for girls and parents | miscellaneous | museum future | Norwegian menstruation exhibit | odor | olor | pad directory | patent medicine | poetry directory | products, current | puberty booklets for girls and parents | religion | Religión y menstruación | your remedies for menstrual discomfort | menstrual products safety | science | Seguridad de productos para la menstruación | shame | slapping, menstrual | sponges | synchrony | tampon directory | early tampons | teen ads directory | tour of the former museum (video) | underpants & panties directory | videos, films directory | Words and expressions about menstruation | Would you stop menstruating if you could? | What did women do about menstruation in the past? | washable pads
Leer la versión en español de los siguientes temas: Anticoncepción y religión, Breve reseña - Olor - Religión y menstruación - Seguridad de productos para la menstruación.

 
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Kotex belt, Australia, 1956
Ad, Australian Women's Weekly, March 28, 1956

See some roughly contemporary American belts.
See how a woman wore a belt in a Dutch ad.

I thank the Australian donor of the scan obtained from the National Library of Australia!

Below: It seems strange that white was not available before. Maybe skin color
was the previous choice but I suspect, being darker, that it might show
under thin, white clothing.
Did fashion and fabric change in Australia at this time?

See enlargements of some text below the whole ad.
Below: Some enlargements of the text.

More Kotex: Are you in the know? (Kotex napkins and Quest napkin powder, 1948, U.S.A.), Preparing for Womanhood (1920s, for menarcheal girls); see also Directory. Humor in advertising: Dr. White's tampons (1987, United Kingdom); Carefree panty pads for teens (1990, Germany)

Copyright Harry Finley 2013