See the roughly contemporary Cashay tampon,
box, instructions. (Procter & Gamble donation, 2001), and
Dale (U.S.A., 1930s?-1940s?) Tampons, box, instructions.
(Procter & Gamble donation, 2001)
And, of course, the first Tampax AND - special
for you! - the American fax tampon,
from the early 1930s, which also came in bags.
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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Meds menstrual tampon (Personal Products Corporation, 1967), with 1967
ad
The American tampon Meds started in the 1930s and disappeared in the
1970s, the vanishing reflecting the general decline of its sister brand,
Modess pads, once the main competitor of Kotex sanitary napkins and tampons.
The Meds below had a plastic sheath (the large object enclosing the
tampon, middle picture right below) with a smaller cardboard tube holding
most of the string (same picture).
See an ad from 1941 and two undated instructions
here and here.
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Tampon, applicator, paper covering
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Front of box
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Back of box
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The ad is from McCall's (U.S.A.), August 1967, the same date as the
tampons and box.
Tambrands, before Procter & Gamble
took it over, dated and donated this box to MUM, as well as several other
boxes of Meds from France, Holland and Spain, as part of a
gift of 450 boxes of tampons and hundreds of other items from its archives.
This museum is very grateful.
copyright 2006 Harry Finley
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