See more
Tampax items: Was
Tampax the first French commercial tampon?
Tampax
menstrual tampons, 1938, France and U.S.A.
compared. 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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Magazine ad
in Marie Claire, 1938, (month unknown)
France
A Dutchman who has generously
contributed many items and scans to
MUM contributed these scans, plus
some commentary.
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Below:
Size and month unknown. Marie Claire
magazine.
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Below:
My translation.
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Also from 1938:
Three more French
Marie Claire Tampax ads and a countertop
display ad.
Dutch
ads (and here)
for Tampax.
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Well groomed,
fresh
immaculate
all the time
(even during the bad days of the
month)
Tampax is invisible under the lightest
gown
For women, certain days of the month are
not made like the others. Yet these days
like the others she must be elegant,
smiling, demure. If you have to wear a
light or tailored gown don't hesitate to
replace your usual sanitary protection
with Tampax.
Tampax is invisible under the lightest
dress because it's worn internally.
You will have the opportunity to try
this small tampon of surgical cotton,
extremely compressed, very absorbent,
whose presence causes not the slightest
discomfort.
Tampax assures a protection so discreet,
yet so complete that it eliminates all
fear, all concern. It's a miracle of
well being!
Wear Tampax on an evening demanding
neatness, immaculateness. You will have
it all evening. And your confidence will
such that you will renounce the
inconveniences of another age and won't
need other help during the bad days of
the month.
TAMPAX Menstrual Tampons
SANITARY PROTECTION BY INTERNAL
ABSORPTION
PHARMACIES - HERBALISTS - PERFUME
STORES - DEPARTMENT STORES
[LEFT COLUMN:]
TAMPAX eliminates:
pads, belts, pins
FRANCS: 5
THE BOX OF 3
help in the purse
A trial box will be sent to you postage
paid. Write C.E.G.M.
(Tampax M.C.), rue du Bac, Asnières
(Seine) while enclosing 5
francs in stamps or check.
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Also
from 1938:
Two
other French Marie Claire Tampax ads
and a countertop display ad.
Dutch
ads (and here)
for Tampax.
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More
Tampax items: See instructions
for the 1936 Tampax - 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 2014 Harry Finley
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