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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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Was Tampax the
first French commercial tampon?
Tampax menstrual tampons, 1938, France
and U.S.A.
Instructions, inside, French &
American versions
Read the instructions, below, the
French above the American for
comparison. The leaflet is in four
panels, dark blue ink and printed on
both sides. As a matter of fact the
blue looks like Kotex blue, a blue
that puzzled Dr. Lillian Gilbreth in
her 1927 report
to Johnson & Johnson and puzzles
still.
The far-right
panels I separated and enlarged and
placed below the others.
I spot checked the texts and one
seems to be a translation of the
other.
Folded up the leaflet measure 5" x
3" (12.6 x 7.7 cm).
See instructions for the 1936 Tampax
- and the box, etc.
Tambrands generously donated
these boxes, part of a large gift of
menstrual products from its
archives.
Harry Finley created the images.
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The panels above form the
far-right panels of this side of the
instructions.
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directions - boxes, sample, typography, tampons
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Tampax items: See instructions
for the 1936 Tampax - and the box,
etc. - 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 2006 Harry Finley
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