British ad
promoting Tampax with thongs, 1994 - another
British Tampax ad,
with nudity, 1992
And read Lynn Peril's series about
these and similar booklets!
See more Kotex items: First ad
(1921) - ad 1928 (Sears
and Roebuck catalog) - Lee Miller ads
(first real person in amenstrual 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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A very early Tampax menstrual
tampon ad
This is probably one of the
first advertisements for the first
commercial tampon with an
applicator, Tampax, which women
could buy in 1936 (and before,
actually: the
early 1930s). There were other commercial
tampons before Tampax,
but none had applicators.
Compare a much bolder ad
for Tampax made in 1992, in
Britain. American advertising is
today still pretty restrained.
This picture is a copy of a copy
and is not clear. I have made it
very large to allow some words to
be read.
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