See more Tampax items: 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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Instructions from Tampax about what to tell customers, 1936
Few women used tampons when Tampax appeared, in 1936, and no previous
tampon had an applicator. The manufacturer included a set of instructions
in each case of Tampax to educate the dealers, who in turn could explain
the new item to the customers.
The sheet has six pages. The third page on each side is below the first
two.
See similar instructions for the Wix tampon,
which was older than Tampax. Tampax bought that company in the 1930s.
See the other side of these instructions.
See similar Tampax bulletins from the early
1950s - Read Dr. Dickinson's study of the advantages
of tampons over pads.
Tambrands gave this museum a dealer's case of
these tampons; all the 1936 items come from that fantastic
gift.
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See more Tampax items: See similar Tampax bulletins from the early 1950s - Read Dr.
Dickinson's study of the advantages of tampons
over pads - 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 1999 Harry Finley
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