See the first
Kotex ad (scroll down the page a bit).
See also Australian douche ad
(ca. 1900) - Fresca
douche powder (U.S.A.) (date ?) - Kotique douche liquid
ad, 1974 (U.S.A.) - Liasan
(1) genital wash ad, 1980s (Germany) - Liasan (2) genital wash
ad, 1980s (Germany) - Lysol
douche liquid ad, 1928 (U.S.A.) - Lysol douche liquid ad,
1948 (U.S.A.) - Marvel
douche liquid ad, 1928 (U.S.A.) - Midol menstrual pain
pill ad, 1938 (U.S.A.) - Midol
booklet (selections), 1959 (U.S.A.) - Mum deodorant cream ad,
1926 (U.S.A.) - Myzone
menstrual pain pills ad, 1952 (Australia) - Pristeen genital spray
ad, 1969 (U.S.A.) - Spalt
pain tablets, 1936 (Germany) - Vionell genital spray ad,
1970, with Cheryl Tiegs (Germany) - Zonite douche liquid ad,
1928 (U.S.A.)
The Perils of Vaginal
Douching (essay by Luci Capo Rome) - the odor page
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Kotex ad, U.S.A., 1922
Kotex ads, like most ads, were much
wordier in the 1920s and 1930s. In
this case (15 November 1922), in the
second year of the company's
advertising, it treats the invention
of the word Kotex - COTton-like TEXure
- as the key to embarrassment-free
shopping.
Actually, it didn't work. Not until
Albert Lasker,
the founding genius of modern
American advertising, told
stores to place
the boxes on the counter, and put a
coin box next to them (see), did Kotex
sales really grow. Customers seem to
have been less likely to steal in that
era.
See the first
Kotex ad (scroll down the page a bit).
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