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The Museum of Menstruation and Women's
Health
vams
menstrual tampon
(1948, U.S.A.)
The tampon
Procter
& Gamble kindly donated
the unopened box.
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The 'pon comes wrapped in white
paper, the top
end
sealed, the bottom easily
unwrapped. I
opened the wrong one.
The wrapper
as shown is 5 3/8" long (13.5 cm).
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The tassel indicates a good-time
tampon, festive, jaunty, cheeky,
willing to take risks, including
"the plunge" if you will, or even
if you won't.
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Below:
The disassembled tampon. The small cardboard
tube is slightly larger
than the other one and measures 3
15/16" (7.5 cm) long and 5/16"
(0.9 cm) in diameter. The diameter
of the larger tube is 5/8" (1.6
cm).
The cotton
plug measures 2 5/16 x
11/16" [smaller end] (5.9 x 1.7
cm), the string
4 1/4" (10.5 cm).
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Below:
The arrow shows where the string enters
the tampon.
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Below:
The arrow points to the faint edge of
the coiled
cotton layer.
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Below:
The small tube enters the larger
one through this narrowed opening,
which steadies it. Unlike the Tampax
tampon, the tubes do not
fit snugly into each other.
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Below:
The other end, the cotton plug end,
of the large tube.
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