o.b. ads,
booklets & actual tampons: German (1970s) - German (1972) nude
woman on bed - German
nude (1970s) - French
(1989) - folder,
Germany, early 1950s (tells
what o.b. means!) - Dutch, two ads from
1959 giving THEIR take on what o.b. means,
which was wrong - Dutch ads, 1962, 1967 - Belgian ad with
beach & bathing suits, 1980s? - American
ad showing Judith
Esser, designer of the o.b. tampon,
August, 1984 - o.b. puberty
booklets (excerpts): German, Dutch (2004) -
o.b. actual tampons:
Switzerland (o.b.é.),
1970
More o.b. booklets:
[Die] Menstruation (excerpts, 1977,
o.b. tampons, Germany) Photographer David
Hamilton contributed many photographs to
this explicit and beautiful booklet. By the
way, "Die" in the title means "the," not to
lose life.
Volwassen worden
("Growing up," the Netherlands, excerpts, 2004,
o.b. tampons)
Your Personal Guide to
Menstruation and Tampon Usage (complete booklet,
U.S.A., 1988, o.b. tampons)
Booklets
menstrual hygiene companies made for girls,
women and teachers - patent
medicine - a list
of books and articles about menstruation
See early tampons
and a list of tampons
on this site - at least the ones I've
cataloged.
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Anne
non-applicator menstrual
tampons with finger cots, box of 10
(1968), Japan, from o.b.
tampons
I thank
the former Tambrands (history) for the
donation!
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Below:
This small (1 3/4 x 4
1/16", 4.5 x 10.4 cm) plastic
bag lies between
the tampons and the inside
wall of the box. It
contains the finger
cots (protectors).
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Below:
A squeeze lock (arrows)
extends the width of the
bag and closes it at 9/16"
(1.4 cm) from the top.
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Below:
The writing on the plastic
envelope.
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Below:
The cot
in its glory. It measures
1 1/2 (at its widest) x 3
1/8" (3.8 x 7.8 cm).
Probably to better
grip the string
and tampon, it has a
detectable-by-feel corrugation.
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Below:
The top
of the cot,
enlarged.
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Below:
No, that's not a reservoir tip.
My finger's too
fat to fit all the way.
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Below:
The frigid
breeze
off Great Slave Lake
in the Northwest
Territories of Canada discolored
my finger. A
modest shack on the shore
holds the MUM collection
and me, where I slave 10
hours a day describing
menstrual paraphernalia. A
second collection, of cats,
keeps me warm.
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Below:
The directions
show an easy fit for the
smaller Japanese women. What am
I doing anyway with my
finger in a tampon cot?
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Below:
The cellophane-encased
tampon measures 2 x 1/2"
(5.1 x 1.27 cm).
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Below:
Peeling off the band
releases the wrapping.
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Below:
The withdrawal
string nestles in
the concave
end that the
finger occupies when
pushing the 'pon into the
vagina.
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Below:
Does the 4 3/4" (12.1 cm) string,
rumpled and stretching after its
42-year sleep, yawn and say, "Where am I?"
Are you crazy? Wow, the people you
meet.
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End | box
- instructions p.1 & p.2
o.b. ads,
booklets & actual tampons: German
(1970s) - German
(1972) nude woman on bed - German nude
(1970s) - French
(1989) - folder,
Germany, early 1950s (tells what o.b.
means!) - Dutch,
two ads from 1959 giving THEIR take on
what o.b. means, which was wrong - [Die]
Menstruation (excerpts,
1977, o.b. tampons, Germany)
Photographer David Hamilton
contributed many photographs to
this explicit and beautiful
booklet.
So many BOOKLETS
- So many TAMPONS
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