See more underpants
on this site.
See ads for
menarche-education booklets: Marjorie
May's Twelfth Birthday (Kotex, 1933),
Tampax tampons (1970,
with Susan Dey), Personal
Products (1955, with Carol Lynley),
and German o.b.
tampons (lower ad, 1970s)
And read Lynn Peril's series about
these and similar booklets!
See more 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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Monatshöschen (Sanitary panties,
underpants with holders for a
menstrual pad, 1980s, Germany)
European cultures, such as
Germany and America, seem to have
sold tight-fitting underpants to
hold a menstrual pad in place for
much of the 20th century. The
Sears, Roebuck catalog sold one as
early as 1922 for night wear (and
see many from the 1946-47
catalog, together with pad
belts). But so have the Japanese.
See more underpants
on this site.
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Below:
The 1980s panties compared with
the 1960s style, at right.
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Below:
A slightly different way of
holding the pad but basically the
same as the more modern one. More
here.
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Below:
The crotch has an extra lining
("Folieneinlage") but the material
is not identified unlike the 1960s
panty. It also seems to be cotton.
The two tabs at either end might
be to fasten the ends of a tabbed
napkin.
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