See Sears, Roebuck underpants from 1928. Hickory menstrual pad belts. More underpants. CONTRIBUTE to Humor, Words and expressions about menstruation and Would you stop menstruating if you could? Some MUM site links: homepage | MUM address & What does MUM mean? | e-mail the museum | privacy on this site | who runs this museum?? | Amazing women! | the art of menstruation | artists (non-menstrual) | asbestos | belts | bidets | founder bio | Bly, Nellie | MUM board | books: menstruation and menopause (and reviews) | cats | company booklets for girls (mostly) directory | contraception and religion | costumes | menstrual cups | cup usage | dispensers | douches, pain, sprays | essay directory | extraction | facts-of-life booklets for girls | famous women in menstrual hygiene ads | FAQ | founder/director biography | gynecological topics by Dr. Soucasaux | humor | huts | links | masturbation | media coverage of MUM | menarche booklets for girls and parents | miscellaneous | museum future | Norwegian menstruation exhibit | odor | olor | pad directory | patent medicine | poetry directory | products, current | puberty booklets for girls and parents | religion | Religión y menstruación | your remedies for menstrual discomfort | menstrual products safety | science | Seguridad de productos para la menstruación | shame | slapping, menstrual | sponges | synchrony | tampon directory | early tampons | teen ads directory | tour of the former museum (video) | underpants & panties directory | videos, films directory | Words and expressions about menstruation | Would you stop menstruating if you could? | What did women do about menstruation in the past? | washable pads Leer la versión en español de los siguientes temas: Anticoncepción y religión, Breve reseña - Olor - Religión y menstruación - Seguridad de productos para la menstruación. "Sanitary Step-In" (menstrual underpants) in Vanity Fair magazine, 1928 This is a Hickory "sanitary step-in" - underpants - from McCall's magazine (July 1928) magazine, underpants with a rubber crotch for wear during menstruation. Aren't the drawing and calligraphy fantastic? They were done with Wolfgangus Amadeus Mozartus's (as he jokingly referred to himself in a letter, poking fun of the Latinization of names) dictum in mind that art should be art, no matter what the subject. The magazines of the first forty years of our century are often fabulous to behold. The Vanity Fair artist FISH, a woman, by the way, exemplifies the humor and talent of the era. See Sears, Roebuck underpants from 1928. Hickory menstrual pad belts. More underpants. See Sears, Roebuck underpants from 1928. Hickory menstrual pad belts. More underpants. © 1999 Harry Finley. It is illegal to reproduce or distribute work on this Web site in any manner or medium without written permission of the author. Please report suspected violations to hfinley@mum.org