See other early commercial tampons at MUM - see some booklets for girls Personal Products made (Growing Up and Liking It, etc.) - an ad for this tamponFamous women in
menstrual hygiene advertising:
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The company that made Modess pads (and Modess tampons, yet another brand; so many tampons, so little time!) made a successor to Meds tampon, Carefree, which could supposedly absorb more water (see a test, below) and blue liquid - and maybe menses - than other tampons.Model Cheryl Tiegs made an ad for this tampon.The tampon had no insertion tube, like the first commercial tampons Wix, fax, etc. Tampax sold the first tube tampon in the early 1930s, a brilliant move.Note the claim that a doctor
invented it, a claim made for many
menstrual products (Tampax and o.b.,
for example). People tend to think
doctors know everything, so putting
crosses (the old Kotex and Modess) and
medical endorsements on boxes make the
products more credible. But in this
case it might be true
if Carefree is really o.b., which this
company bought about this time.
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This tampon and box bear no date, but probably stem from the 1970s. |
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Front of box |
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Back of box |
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See some Personal Products booklets for girls