Meds, 1940s-1950s?
Meds (U.S.A. and elsewhere, box and tampon, 1967, Personal Products
Company) - pamphlet introducing Meds to the world
(1930s) - 1941 ad - Personal
Digest leaflets, which sometimes have information about Meds (1966-67)
- 1967 ad - undated instructions here
and here. - Australian
ad, 1950s
"Educational Portfolio on Menstrual Hygiene"
(1968) U.S.A. Teacher's
kit for Modess sanitary napkins, menstrual tampons and panties
(mostly complete)
"A Teaching Guide for Menstrual Hygiene" (cover,
1962, Personal Products Corp. [Modess], U.S.A.)
"A Teacher's Guide to Feminine Hygiene"
(cover, 1973, Personal Products Corp. [Modess], U.S.A.)
"Your Image is Your
Fortune!," Modess sales-hints booklet for
stores similar to the one below, 1967 (U.S.A.)
Modess (Johnson & Johnson, U.S.A.) 1927 Gilbreth
report to Johnson & Johnson about Modess - newspaper ads 1927-28
- "Silent Purchase" ad, June 1928 -
ad, 1928 - "Modernizing Mother" ads:
#1, February 1929 ("Mother . . . don't be quaint");
#3 April 1929 ("Don't weaken, Mother");
#5, June 1929 ("Never mind, Mother, you'll learn")
- ad about concealing pad, 1930 - ad
compared with Kotex ad, 1931 - ad, 1931 - wrapped Modess pad for dispenser, 1930s? - Ad, U.K., 1936 - True or False?
ad in The American Girl magazine, January 1947 - Australian
ad, 1957 - ad (1956) with "Modess . . . .
because" ad incorporated into it - ad for
"Growing Up and Liking It" booklet (1963, Modess) - actress Carol Lynley in "How shall I tell my daughter?"
booklet ad (1955) - Modess . . . . because ads
(many dates) - French ad, 1970s? - ad, French, 1972, photo by David Hamilton - Personal Digest leaflets (6), 1966-67: describe Modess
products - How Modess Sanitary Napkins Began:
excerpts from"A Company That Cares: One Hundred Year Illustrated History
of Johnson and Johnson"
MUCH MORE MODESS INFORMATION AND PRODUCTS
The first Tampax
 
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MUSEUM OF MENSTRUATION AND WOMEN'S HEALTH
Meds menstrual tampons, super absorbency
The Modess tampon
(1970, Johnson & Johnson, New Zealand)
I thank the former Tambrands, which made Tampax
before Procter & Gamble bought the company, for donating the box!
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Below: The box holds two
plastic bags, each enclosing five unwrapped tampons.
Earlier companies sometimes also packed
their 'pons in separate bags (here & here).
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Below: The tampon has no
applicator - the insertion device. You supply that, your finger.
The absorbing plug measures about 1 3/8 x 1/2"
(about 3.6 x 1.4 cm).
The string measures about 4 1/4" (about
10.6 cm).
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Below: How the string holds
the tampon.
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The string penetrates the side of the 'pon
. . .
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. . . and comes out the other side to form a loop
through which the pull-string winds.
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End | box instructions
Meds, 1940s-1950s? - Meds
(U.S.A. and elsewhere, box and tampon, 1967, Personal Products Company)
- pamphlet introducing Meds to the world (1930s)
- 1941 ad - Personal Digest
leaflets, which sometimes have information about Meds (1966-67) - 1967 ad - undated instructions here
and here. - Australian
ad, 1950s
"Educational Portfolio on Menstrual Hygiene"
(1968) U.S.A. Teacher's
kit for Modess sanitary napkins, menstrual tampons and panties
(mostly complete)
"A Teaching Guide for Menstrual Hygiene" (cover,
1962, Personal Products Corp., U.S.A.)
"A Teacher's Guide to Feminine Hygiene"
(cover, 1973, Personal Products Corp.,
U.S.A.)
"Your Image is Your
Fortune!," Modess sales-hints booklet for
stores similar to the one below, 1967 (U.S.A.)
MUCH MORE MODESS INFORMATION
AND PRODUCTS
Early commercial tampons - Rely
tampon - Meds tampon (Modess)
The first Tampax - Tampon
directory.
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