Fibs (U.S.A., Kotex, 1930s-1940s) first succesful Kotex tampon - tampon & box (about 1937) - ad - many newspaper ads, 1935-59. And I had a cat named Fibs (more cats).
LOX theatrical tampon (U.S.A., 1930s-1940s?) Tampons (with an applicator), box, instructions.
Lotus (U.S.A., late 1930s? - 1940s?) box, non-applicator tampons, witty comments
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.

Moderne Women, early tampon for menstruation, cellulose in cotton gauze, early 1930s?
The Sealtex Company, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.

I thank Procter & Gamble for donating this box!

Below: Peeling further reveals that part of the gauze was sandwiched between the layers of the
cellulose, which probably made its grip much tighter when the woman pulled it from her vagina.
 
Below: The tampon's absorbent interior is completely exposed.
 
Below: I left the color in this closeup of the cellulose - Cellucotton (newspaper articles) like Kotex? - to show the faint
browning probably caused by oxidation. But look at Cellucotton itself in another tampon.
 


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Fibs (U.S.A., Kotex, 1930s-1940s) first succesful Kotex tampon - tampon & box (about 1937) - ad - many newspaper ads, 1935-59. And I had a cat named Fibs (more cats). || LOX theatrical tampon (U.S.A., 1930s-1940s?) Tampons (with an applicator), box, instructions. || Lotus (U.S.A., late 1930s? - 1940s?) box, non-applicator tampons, witty comments

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