See an ad from 1941 and two undated instructions here and here. More early tampons - Rely tampon - Kotex Stick tampon
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).
CONTRIBUTE to Humor, Words and expressions about menstruation and Would you stop menstruating if you could?
Some MUM site links:
homepage | MUM address & What does MUM mean? | e-mail the museum | privacy on this site | who runs this museum?? |
Amazing women! | the art of menstruation | artists (non-menstrual) | asbestos | belts | bidets | founder bio | Bly, Nellie | MUM board | books: menstruation and menopause (and reviews) | cats | company booklets for girls (mostly) directory | contraception and religion | costumes | menstrual cups | cup usage | dispensers | douches, pain, sprays | essay directory | extraction | facts-of-life booklets for girls | famous women in menstrual hygiene ads | FAQ | founder/director biography | gynecological topics by Dr. Soucasaux | humor | huts | links | masturbation | media coverage of MUM | menarche booklets for girls and parents | miscellaneous | museum future | Norwegian menstruation exhibit | odor | olor | pad directory | patent medicine | poetry directory | products, current | puberty booklets for girls and parents | religion | Religión y menstruación | your remedies for menstrual discomfort | menstrual products safety | science | Seguridad de productos para la menstruación | shame | slapping, menstrual | sponges | synchrony | tampon directory | early tampons | teen ads directory | tour of the former museum (video) | underpants & panties directory | videos, films directory | Words and expressions about menstruation | Would you stop menstruating if you could? | What did women do about menstruation in the past? | washable pads
Leer la versión en español de los siguientes temas: Anticoncepción y religión, Breve reseña - Olor - Religión y menstruación - Seguridad de productos para la menstruación.

The Museum of Menstruation and Women's Health

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.

 

Tampon, applicator, paper covering 

 

Front of box 

Back of box

 

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. 
See an ad from 1941 and two undated instructions here and here. More early tampons - Rely tampon - Kotex Stick tampon
copyright 2006 Harry Finley