Kotex
ad about concealing pad, 1953 - Ad for
Kotex menstrual pads, 1955 - a Kotex doesn't-show ad,
1960 - menarche
ad for the Kotex
Introductory Kit (Miss Deb pad &
belt, etc.), 1966 - pad,
box, mid 1960s (see Cybill Shepherd's ads for
this, 1970-71) - pad, box, 1969, "sci-fi" -
Lightdays Pantiliner ads featuring named
women, 1982, 1985, 1986
Harry
Finley created the images.
What did women do about menstruation in
the past?
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MUSEUM OF MENSTRUATION AND WOMEN'S
HEALTH
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Kotex individually
wrapped feminine napkins (U.S.A.,
1966)
Below:
The coated-paper folder inside the
box measures 7 1/2 x 6" (19.3 x
15.2 cm) when
fully
extended showing the back and
front
pages as shown.
The second
image makes up the inside
pages, 2 & 3.
I wonder to what extent the
woman's dressy
suit reflects competition
with the concurrent Modess . . . .
because ad campaign of
Kotex's biggest
competitor.
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End | intro &
box - menstrual
pad
Compad (U.S.A.,
1940s-1960s?) single compressed pad with
belt in tiny package
Delicate (U.S.A.,
mid 1940s-50s?) pads to carry, in a tube -
ad, 1953
Kotex
"Featherweight" menstrual pad belt in a tube
Pad-n-all
(1930s-1940s?, U.S.A.) a combination of pad
and attached belt, probably made of cotton
Travelers, pads for. See
also Venus,
U.S.A., 1930s-1940s, and ad for Gotham and Venus
compressed sanitary napkins, U.S.A.,
1917, 1916.
Kotex ad about
concealing pad, 1953 - Ad for Kotex
menstrual pads, 1955 - a Kotex doesn't-show ad,
1960 -
menarche ad for the Kotex
Introductory Kit (Miss Deb pad &
belt, etc.), 1966 - pad,
box, mid 1960s
(see Cybill
Shepherd's ads for this, 1970-71) -
pad, box, 1969, "sci-fi"
- Lightdays Pantiliner ads featuring named
women, 1982, 1985, 1986
ALL KOTEX PADS,
BOOKLETS, TAMPONS, BELTS
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