Kotex New Freedom towel & pantie ad (date? publication? U.K.)
Modess "Panti-kini" (two-band holder to hold pad in crotch; 1960s-1970s, U.S.A.)
Kotex "Panti" (clasp and band to hold pad in crotch; 1970s?, U.S.A.)
Kotex Personals Protective Panties & ad (U.S.A., 1995)
German underpants (Unterhosen) made from American sugar sack twine (1945/46)
Various underpants and panties (and sanitary napkin belts), 1946-47 (page from Sears, Roebuck and Co. catalog, U.S.A.)
COMFO-GARD "pantie" (ad, 1950s?, Malen Mfg. Co., U.S.A.)
German brief panty (German: Slip, Unterhosen) for menstruation (about 1960)
Various panties, 1960s (part of Personal Digest, Modess, U.S.A.)
Pursettes tampon panty, 1968 (U.S.A.)
Read a very short history of European underpants from about 1700-1900.
Underpants & panties directory


Booklets menstrual hygiene companies made for girls, women and teachers - patent medicine - a list of books and articles about menstruation
Many more PADS, BOOKLETS - See TAMPONS, MENSTRUAL BELTS, CUPS, SPONGES, UNDERPANTS
HOMEPAGE
CONTRIBUTE to Humor, Words and expressions about menstruation and Would you stop menstruating if you could?
Some MUM site links:
HOMEPAGE |
MUM address & What does MUM mean? |
Email the museum |
Privacy on this site |
Who runs this museum?? |
Amazing women! |
Art of menstruation (and awesome ancient art of menstruation) |
Artists (non-menstrual) |
Asbestos |
Belts |
Bidets |
Birth control and religion |
Birth control drugs, old |
Birth control douche & sponges |
Founder bio |
Bly, Nellie |
MUM board |
Books: menstruation & menopause (& reviews) |
Cats |
Company booklets for girls (mostly) directory |
Contraception and religion |
Contraceptive drugs, old |
Contraceptive douche & sponges |
Costumes |
Menstrual cups |
Cup usage |
Dispensers |
Douches, pain, sprays |
Essay directory |
Examination, gynecological (pelvic) (short history) |
Extraction |
Facts-of-life booklets for girls |
Famous women in menstrual hygiene ads |
FAQ |
Feminine napkin, towel, pad directory |
Founder/director biography |
Gynecological topics by Dr. Soucasaux |
Humor |
Huts |
Links |
Masturbation |
Media coverage of MUM |
Menarche booklets for girls and parents |
Miscellaneous |
Museum future |
Norwegian menstruation exhibit |
Odor |
Olor |
Pad, towel, napkin directory |
Patent medicine |
Poetry directory |
Products, some current |
Puberty booklets for girls and parents|
Religion |
Religión y menstruación |
Your remedies for menstrual discomfort |
Menstrual products safety |
Sanitary napkin, towel, pad directory |
Seguridad de productos para la menstruación |
Science |
Shame |
Slapping, menstrual |
Sponges |
Synchrony |
Tampon directory |
Early tampons |
Teen ads directory |
Tour of the former museum (video) |
Towel, pad, sanitary napkin directory |
Underpants & panties directory |
Videos, films directory |
Words and expressions about menstruation |
Would you stop menstruating if you could? |
What did women do about menstruation in the past? |
Washable pads |
Read 10 years (1996-2006) of articles and Letters to Your MUM on this site.
Leer la versión en español de los siguientes temas: Anticoncepción y religión, Breve reseña - Olor - Religión y menstruación - Seguridad de productos para la menstruación.

Kotex bikini napkin holder
1960s-1970s?, Kimberly-Clark, U.S.A

sanitary napkin, tampon, pad, belts, menstruation, women's health, ads for teenagers, menstrual period, cycle, panty, hygiene, bikini

Introduction.

See a 1912 British bikini before bikinis were bikinis (but after the Roman ones); scroll to the bottom of the linked page.
And see early panties specifically designed for menstruaion: "Sanitary Bloomers," 1922 (ad from Sears, Roebuck and Co. catalog, U.S.A.).
Read a very short history of European underpants from about 1700-1900.
See more panties in the column at left and below.
I thank the generous donor, who has contributed many items since the start of MUM, in 1994!

Below: The front of the holder.
Below: The back of the holder.

Below: The top part of the front section (left, above) & what looks to me like hearts
as flowers (the larger designs) and maybe other flowers.
Lessee, hearts pump blood that "flowers" - flows as in the derivation from the French word
(more). Flowers play a big symbolic role (maybe unconsciuosly) in menstrual products advertising.
The Kotex staff was very scholarly when it wasn't having fun.

NEXT | box | bikini | bikini on mannequin & details
Kotex "Panti" (clasp and band to hold pad in crotch; 1970s?, U.S.A.)
Kotex Personals Protective Panties & ad (U.S.A., 1995)
German underpants (Unterhosen) made from American sugar sack twine (1945/46)
Various underpants and panties (and sanitary napkin belts), 1946-47 (page from Sears, Roebuck and Co. catalog, U.S.A.)
COMFO-GARD "pantie" (ad, 1950s?, Malen Mfg. Co., U.S.A.)
See also Ads for Teens
Many more
BOOKLETS - See TAMPONS, MENSTRUAL BELTS, PADS, CUPS, SPONGES, UNDERPANTS

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