See Kotex's first successful tampon,
Fibs; early Kotex
tampon attempts;
and an early Tampax.
Tampon
oddities: Sa-tips
(U.S.A.. 1930s-1940s?) Sanpax (the "x" is
overprinted with a "D" on the box) (Israel?
Switzerland? 1970) The instructions are
completely in Hebrew except for one word,
sanpax. Secret
(U.S.A., 1930s-1940s)
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EZO menstrual tampons
(1930s?, U.S.A.)
Procter & Gamble kindly
donated the box and contents as
part of a gift of scores of
menstrual products.
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Below:
Unwrapped, the tampon measures
4.5" (11.4 cm) long. Each
cardboard tube is 3" (7.5 cm)
long.
The diameter of the larger (outer)
tube is 5/8" (about 1.5 cm), the
inner one slightly smaller.
All photos @2008 Harry Finley
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Below:
The string measures 4.25" (about
10.7 cm), the cotton plug 1.5 x
0.75" (about 3.8 x 1.8 cm). The
bottom picture shows brown marks
on the right end. As you can see,
the string enters the plug at one
side of the end, not in the
center.
The plug was difficult to
remove, I hope as a
result of age; I'd hate to have
been stuck with a tampon that
wouldn't come out. But then
an early
Tampax had the same problem.
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End | box
| leaflet
| tampon wrapped,
unwrapped
Tampon
oddities: Sa-tips
(U.S.A.. 1930s-1940s?). Sanpax (the
"x" is overprinted with a "D" on
the box) (Israel? Switzerland?
1970) The
instructions are completely in
Hebrew except for one word,
sanpax. Secret
(U.S.A., 1930s-1940s)
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