Early 20th-century Japanese
ads from publications - open-crotch drawers,
1890s (U.S.A., from MUM collection) - Modess "Sanitary Shield"
(two-band pad holder in crotch; 1970s; U.S.A.) -
SheShells bikini
(snap open at sides; no special crotch; possibly
for menstrual pads or tampons, 1970s, U.S.A.)
See Kotex ad with a man
and no woman from the Netherlands
Compare the American "Modess,
because . . ." ads, a French Modess ad, a
French ad featuring just a man!,
and ads for teens.
See Kotex items: First ad (1921) -
ad 1928 (Sears and
Roebuck catalog) - Lee
Miller ads (first real person in
amenstrual hygiene ad, 1928) - Marjorie May's Twelfth
Birthday (booklet for girls, 1928,
Australian edition; there are many links here to
Kotex items) - Preparing
for Womanhood (1920s, booklet for girls;
Australian edition) - 1920s booklet in Spanish
showing disposal
method - box
from about 1969 - "Are
you in the know?" ads (Kotex) (1949)(1953)(1964)(booklet, 1956) - See
more ads on the Ads for
Teenagers main page
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Kotex "featherweight" menstrual pad
belt in a tube (U.S.A.)
Date?
I thank the retired teacher who
generously donated the belt to the
museum! She's given many items and
much information to MUM and wants to
remain anonymous.
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Pushing in the bottom plug
pushes out the top one and the
belt.
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This shows the belt just
emerged.
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Above:
Stretch the belt out and you see this.
Below:
In addition to the fierce looking
grippers that hold the tabs on the
end of a menstrual pad the belt has a
metal adjuster for different waist
sizes, barely visible at top left
center.
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END See how
women wore a
belt (and in a Swedish ad)
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many real modern American
belts.
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