And, of course, the first Tampax AND -
special for you! - the American fax
tampon, from the early 1930s.
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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The Museum of Menstruation and Women's
Health
The Wix menstrual tampon, probably
mid-1930s-1940s, U.S.A.
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The embossed
Wix box held three packs of
three tampons each (below)
wrapped in a transparent material.
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A woman in the Chicago area kindly
donated the Wix box and many other items,
like fax;
her father sold Kotex products as a
representative of the company.
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