And, of course, the first Tampax AND -
special for you! - the American fax
tampon, from the early 1930s, which also
came in bags.
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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Stick menstrual tampon (Kotex;
this box is from 1990)
The stick tampon used a wooden
stick as an applicator, thus being
biodegradable and ecologically
sound, in contrast to the tampons
that used plastic applicators (for
example, Meds,
by Modess; Playtex and others).
The toxic shock crisis of the
early 1980s, especially associated
with Rely
tampon, caused the toxic shock
warning to be placed on the back
of tampon boxes. The wording
changed throughout the years.
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Tampon and the
paper covering
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Box
front
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Back of box. I
broke the image of the back into
two parts to make a faster
download. The two images
immediately above belong
together.
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