See more Kotex items: First ad
(1921; scroll to bottom of page) - ad 1928 (Sears
and Roebuck catalog) - Lee Miller ads (first
real person in a menstrual 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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Two Kotex menstrual napkin ads featuring skaters, from the 1920s and
1960, U.S.A.
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The 1920s through the 1940s were the golden years of American illustration,
and the beautiful black-and-white ad right below is just one example. I
find the 60s ad a bit clunky, as photos often are. (See the first photo
showing an actual person in a menstrual hygiene
ad.) But it's effective.
Manufacturers of pads and tampons have often emphasized the freedom
their products gave women, which, of course, is relative. The thin pads
of today, worn without a belt - a development
of the early 1970s - are much more tolerable than these pads from the 20s
and 60s.
Four large files, long download time! The two
texts appear enlarged below the respective ads.
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"Are you in the know?"
ads (Kotex) (1949)(1953)(1964)(booklet, 1956) -
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