See a Kotex pad from the 1960s. See some Kotex first-campaign ads: general discussion and ad prototype - January 1921 - May 1921 - November 1921 See the Kotex stick tampon. See more Kotex items: First ad (1921) - 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 DIRECTORY of all topics (See also the SEARCH ENGINE, bottom of page.) CONTRIBUTE to Humor, Words and expressions about menstruation and Would you stop menstruating if you could? Some MUM site links: homepage | LIST OF ALL TOPICS | 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. Kotex doesn't show! Ad for Kotex menstrual pads, 1955 (U.S.A.) To tell you the truth, I don't think the woman's pad would show in this dress even if it were a couple feet long as it would have been in the 1920s. In two similar but older ads (1927 & 1932 ) there was a slightly greater chance of showing, it seems to me, but not the danger that a dress on a dancing girl presented here. Details of the ad appear below. See a Kotex pad from the 1960s. See two other Kotex ads regarding clothes: 1927 & 1932 and another shadow-of-a-doubt ad, from 1952.     What are these guys laughing at? "Leaping lizards! I can see her Kotex from here!" - most women's nightmare. The same fellas might be in another shadow ad, 1952. Below: I think by identifying the designer of the dress Kotex thought it was elevating the tone of the ad. Kotex used expensive-looking dresses in other ads, for 1927 and 1932. I assume that $13 was not especially expensive at the time, at least not in the stratoshere of the two aforementioned ones. See a Kotex belt here. See a Kotex pad from the 1960s. See two ther Kotex ads regarding clothes: 1927 & 1932 and another shadow ad, 1952 - See some Kotex first-campaign ads: general discussion and ad prototype - January 1921 - May 1921 - November 1921 © 2006 Harry Finley. It is illegal to reproduce or distribute any of the work on this Web site in any manner or medium without written permission of the author. Please report suspected violations to hfinley@mum.org