– Hormone Replacement Oils, in green 3 x 2 x 3/4 cardboard b
- Hormone Replacement Oils, in green 3” x 2” x 3/4” cardboard boxes. Unopened. Eli Lilly and Co., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Progesterone in Oil, 6 ampoules, “a solution of corpus luteum hormones in sesame oil…for use in replacement therapy in deficiency of the corpus luteum hormone.” No. 422
Diethylstilbestrol in Oil “a synthetic estrogenic substance in cotton seed oil…for replacement therapy in deficiency of the estrogenic hormone.” No. 347
2 Welescoe Blue Ribbon Compressed Sanitary Napkin
2 Welescoe “Blue Ribbon Compressed Sanitary Napkin” in white cardboard boxes, 2-1/2” x 5/8” x 3/8” with blue writing. Unopened, made in England.
32 Medicone Douche Tablets
32 Medicone Douche Tablets, “A Powerful Antiseptic, Non-poisonous, non-injurious even if taken internally.” Gray 2” x 3” box w/blue writing,” includes separate sheet with adertising. Medicone Co., Inc. 12 John Street, New York, N.Y.
50 Corporea Lutea Hormone
50 Corporea Lutea Hormone, “each capsule contains about 30 grains of fresh Corporea Lutea,” in unopened 4” x 1” x 2-1/2” brown bottle with cork. Parke, Davis and Co., Detroit, Michigan.
A.T.V. Belts, A.T. Van Alstyn Company, Three Rivers, Mich
A.T.V. Belts, A.T. Van Alstyn Company, Three Rivers, Mich., with trademark in center, back of box shows a picture of the belt “No. 850, woven-to-Shape.” Empty box.
ADS Pelvitone A Vegetable Compound
ADS Pelvitone “A Vegetable Compound for relief of FEMALE WEAKNESSES, irregular or painful menstruation.” Unopened glass bottle with cork, cream color paper label with red and green print. American Druggists Syndicate, New York, N.Y., Made in U.S.A.
Ampacoids Ovary Tablets, Pioneers in Glandular Therapy
Ampacoids Ovary Tablets, “Pioneers in Glandular Therapy,” box of 6 rolls each with 25 units having 5 grams of “fresh ovary,” separate sheet with directions 5” x 1” x 5/8.” White cardboard box w/silver and blue writing. Reed and Carnrick. Jersey City, New Jersey.
Anatomical Illustrations of the female body
Anatomical Illustrations of the female body, on paper in the shape of a female, seen from above the knees. Opens like an accordion, pages with a series of flaps to show the different parts of the body. Illustrated in brown, burgundy and blue. Because numbers are printed next to the various parts of the body, there would have been another piece used in conjunction with it to identify the names.
Armour Mammary Powder
Armour Mammary Powder, “each grain of desciated defatted mammary powder represents 8 grains of fresh glandular substance.” 6 x 2-3/4” brown bottle w/black rubber cap and yellow/green label. Some powder remains. Armour Laboratories, Chicago, Il.
Cardui Glass Medicine Bottle, 8-3/8 tall, w/light greenish tin
Cardui Glass Medicine Bottle, 8-3/8” tall, w/light greenish tint, embossed lettering on sides says, “Caroui, the Women’s Tonic” and “Chattanooga Medicine Co. DATED: 1890s into early 1900s.
Caroui Tin Store Counter Showcase
Caroui Tin Store Counter Showcase “Caroui, For Women’s Ills, The Woman’ Tonic” printed on tin sign attached to the showcase. Showcase has a glass front 10” x 9-1/2” x 2 to 4-1/2” across. ” A separate 8-1/2 x 2-1/2” Showcase shows front and side panels of 3 boxes, 2 outside panels that contain the product. The company logo is on the side panels, “Wine of Caroui” w/ingredients listed (includes 10% alcohol). Additional writing about “Menstrual Disturbances.” Center panel has information about the product and on the bottom half are directions and a description of the product “Relief for women,” in Spanish. Chattanooga Medicine Company, Chattanooga, Tennessee. Showcase designed and made by The Brunhoff Manufacturing, Cincinnati, Ohio. DATED: 1890s into 1900s.
Chafeze, Prevents Chafing by Warner s in 5 x 5-1/2
“Chafeze, Prevents Chafing” by Warner’s in 5” x 5-1/2” tan box w/blue writing and blue and white sketch of woman wearing the “...dainty little rayon and cotton jersey leg shield. An ingenious arrangement of soft Latex bands, holds the shield gently yet firmly in place. The waistband is also adaptable as a sanitary belt.” 2 back panels w/instructions and 3 sketches of the woman putting them on. The Warner Brothers Company, Bridgeport, Connecticut. Chafeze Trademark 1937. DATE: Post 1937 thru 40s.
CHI-CHES-TERS for relief of functional menstrual pain
CHI-CHES-TERS “for relief of functional menstrual pain,”contains 26 tablets in 2” x 1” red, gold and black cardboard box w/instruction booklet. Diamond Brand Chicester Chemical Co., Philadelphia, PA. Unopened, cost $1.15.
Dr. Hobson s Vegetable Prescription
Dr. Hobson’s Vegetable Prescription for “the relief of Diseases and Weaknesses of Women which do not require surgical treatment such as Irregularities of the Menstrual Function and Painful Menstruation, Acts as an Antispasmodic and Laxative.” Glass bottle in original green box with a discolored white paper label w/black print, “Price one Dollar,” and on both the front and the back there is a sketch of lady’s face framed inside an oval. Dr. Hobson’s Vegetable Prescription, Pfeiffer Chemical Company, New York, St. Louis. DATED: 1918.
Dr. Pierce s Vaginal Tablets, 12 astringent and soothing vagin
Dr. Pierce’s Vaginal Tablets, 12 “astringent and soothing vaginal tablets,” for 35c, in 2” x 2” x 3/4” unopened green cardboard box. Pierce’s Proprietaries Inc., Buffalo, NY. Forty Erie N. Ontario.
Ergoapiol capsules in a yellow and orange tin
Ergoapiol capsules in a yellow and orange tin with Instructions. Tin hold 20 yellow capsules and 5 are still in the 2” x 4” x 1/2” tin. Martin H. Smith Co. Pharmaceutical Chemists. New York. “piol” is an organic chemical compound also known as parsley apiol or parsley camphor. Hippocrates wrote about parsley as a herb to cause an abortion. Plants containing apiol were used by women in the Middle Ages to terminate pregnancies. (Information taken from Wikipedia.) DATE: Circa 1937.
In Ernest Hemingway's 1937 novel To Have and Have Not, Helen Gordon gives her husband Richard a tongue-lashing during a quarrel.“Everything I believed in and everything I cared about I left for you because you were so wonderful and you loved me so much that love was all that mattered...Love was what we had that no one else had or could ever have. And you were a genius and I was your whole life. I was your partner and your little black flower. Slop. Love is just another dirty lie. Love is ergoapiol pills to make me come around because you were afraid to have a baby. Love is quinine and quinine and quinine until I’m deaf with it...Love is my insides all messed up. It's half catheters and half whirling douches. I know about love.... All right. I'm through with you and I'm through with love.” (page 185-86)
Faso Sanitary-Apron, rubber, empty 9-1/2 x 6-1/2
Faso Sanitary-Apron, rubber, empty 9-1/2” x 6-1/2” ecru envelope w/black print and drawing of a woman seen from the back wearing the apron and side view of her face looking into a mirror at the back of her hair, black stockings and shoes. “Worn as pictured to Protect Clothing, Washable and Sanitary.” DATE: 1910s into 20’s.
Form-Fit Sanitary Apron in original box
“Form-Fit” Sanitary Apron in original box features a woman wearing the apron over her corset. Back side text reads: “Supplies perfectly the universal demand among ladies for a device to protect their underwear and dresses from becoming soiled at menstrual periods.” The apron is made “with a fine nainsook (a soft cotton fabric) top attached to sanitary rubber sheeting. It is soft, pliable and easily cleaned with warm water.” Box 5” x 7.” The Logan Fabric Company, Logansport, Indiana, never worn, DATE: Circa 1915.
Gauzets Feminine daintiness Poster
Gauzets “Feminine daintiness” Poster. What gives the appearance of a photograph, shows a tall woman slender woman in a gown, side view, against a white background. Right side has a pink background. In the foreground near the bottom is a blue and white box of Gauzets and a large black circle that says, “The Patented Rubber Underlayer Gives Absolute Protection.” Along the bottom edge are pictures advertising other Rexall products, Hygienic Powder, Hy-Da-Way Fountain Syringe and Puretest Aspirin Tablets. Printed in U.S.A. on light weight cardboard. 22” x 34.” DATE: Post 1926 thru 30s.
Glovarian Pills
Glovarian Pills, “for dismenorrea, (menstrual cramps) and amenorrhea, (lacking periods).” Glass bottle holds 36 pills, a few remaining. In original white box 2-1/2” x 1”-1/2 x 1” w/brown print.Glycerine Ovarian Extract. Schieffelin & Co. est. 1794, NY G.W. Carnrick Co. Dependable Gland Products, Newark, N.J.
Hand-E-Catch Sanitary and D’Orsay Personal Belts
Hand-E-Catch pink Sanitary Belt, with 2 safety pins, original packaging, unopened and covered with cellophane; “Slip Around Body, Just Hook-on, Adjustable to Sizes 30 to 36,” with sketch of belt.
D’Orsay “Personal Belt, Adjustable to all Sizes,” pink sanitary belt w/2 safety pins; packaged on white board with royal blue trim and white lettering, covered with clear cellophane
Hormotone Tablets, tonic hormones
Hormotone Tablets, “tonic hormones for amenorrhea and dysmenorrea.” in a 2” x 1” x 2-1/2 sample brown glass bottle, with/a brown label and white cap.
Hot Water Bottle Covers
Hot Water Bottle Covers
a. Pink silk shantung cover trimmed w/white cord with an appliqued white bow in the center. Cover opens at the top and is tightened w/a strap and snap. Pink lining feels water repellent.
b. Pink silk satin quilted cover, both sides have 4 rows of machine stitching along the edges and a stitched floral design in the center. Narrows at the neck and then fans out, no closure.
Humphreys 31 a homeopathic preparation
Humphrey Products
a. Humphrey’s 31 “a homeopathic preparation” for “painful menstruation,” 2 unopened boxes with 32 tablets. 3” x 1” x 1” white cardboard box with black text and the image of nude woman sitting on a lion. Humphrey’s Medicine Co., New York, NY.
b. Humphrey’s Manual for the Administration of Medicine and Treatment of Disease. 96 page manual 4-1/2” x 3” w/dark blue cover with white silhouette of Humphrey. Revised Edition Copyrighted 1927, by Humphrey’s Hom. Med. Co., l Cor. Lafayette and Prince Sts., New York. #31 for Menstruation, #23 for Change of Life. DATED: 1927
Kotex Feminine Napkins, Deep-Downy Soft Impressions
“Kotex Feminine Napkins, Deep-Downy Soft Impressions, 24 Regular Napkins,” unopened 10-1/2 x 8 x 4” teal box, print in white w/white rose in center. Back same as front, one side panel advertises “Kotex Feminine Products Introductory Kit, Includes instructive booklets for you and your daughter…Every little girl should know about menstruation before her 11th birthday. $2.50. One Dozen, Regular Size. 2” Other side panel advertises “Tampon Introductory Kit, $1.00. Life Cycle Center, Kimberly-Clark Corp, Neenah, Wis. Copyright 1959. DATE: 1959.
Kotex Sanitary Napkin Regular Size, two safety pins enclosed,
Kotex Sanitary Napkin “Regular Size, two safety pins enclosed,” in heavy 9” x 4” paper envelope, unopened; West Disinfecting Co., Exclusive Distributors for Kotex Personal Service Cabinets and Filters for Kotex Cabinets. International Cellucotton Products Co., Chicago, Ill. U.S.A. “Contents protected by Patents Issued or Pending.”
Kotex, covered w/plain brown paper, unwrapped 8 x 7 x 2 box, h
Kotex, covered w/plain brown paper, unwrapped 8 x 7 x 2” box, hand marked 45c on front and back, stamped Regular.
Kotex, unopened 8 x 7-1/2 dark and light blue box
Kotex, unopened 8” x 7-1/2” dark and light blue box of Kotex Sanitary Napkins, One Dozen, Regular. International Cellucotton Products Co., Chicago, Il.
Lydia Pinkham. Products first went on the market in 1886.201
Lydia Pinkham. Products first went on the market in 1886.
a. Lydia E. Pinkham Tablets, “...to help relieve hot flashes and certain other discomforts of Change of Life and Monthly Periods,” label in a pale pinkish with black writing, 2-1/2” x 1” x 7/8.” Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass.
b. Tin for Lydia E. Pinkham’s Tablets, “for the relief and prevention of monthly pains and associated disorders.” Pale pinkish tin holds 25 tablets. 2” x 1” x 1/4” tin with a drawing of Lydia Pinkham, black print. Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass.
c. Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound in glass bottle, “for relieving hot flashes and certain other symptoms associated with “change of Life,” also “Menopause and cramps and other distress of Monthly Periods... menstruation-not due to organic disease.” Pink box with a picture of Lydia Pinkham. Includes Sheet of Directions. Box 8” x 3” x 2-1/2.” Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company, Lynn, Mass., U.S.A. 14-1/2 fl.oz. Unopened.
d. Cylindrical lipstick holder w/needles/threads/thimble, advertising Lydia Pinkham Compound.
e. Lydia E. Pinkham’s Private Text-Book, “Caution to the Owner, This little book treats of delicate subjects, and has been sent to you only by request. It is not intended for indiscriminate reading, but for your own private information.” 8 Chapters include: Once a Month, “Joy of Motherhood, Diseases of the Female Organs, Keep Clean Inside and Out,” The Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Booklet 4-1/2” x 6” with a brown cover.
f. Famous Women of History, Paper Pamphlet advertising products from “Lydia Pinkham, the Woman’s Friend,” includes testimonials with photographs, product ads and picture biographies that include Cleopatra, Isabella of Castile, Florence Nightingale and Martha Washington. Sketches throughout; 32 pages, on off white paper, w/black print and touches of royal blue. 7” x 4-1/2.”
Menthagill, One Pound Menthagill Powder
Menthagill, “One Pound Menthagill Powder, Astringent and Deodorant for making a Pleasant and Cleansing Douche For Women and for general purposes,” in round 7-1/2” glass jar. The S.E Massengill Company, Bristol, Tenn.-Va. Unopened.
Midol Poster
“Midol Poster. Midol relieves ‘Regular’ pain’ features a beautiful young woman with w/short curly reddish brown hair, blue eyes, bright red lips and cheeks, wearing a soft green halter bodice. At the bottom of the poster is a small open tin of Midol pills. Signed lithograph says, “Painted Exclusively for Midol by Lawrence Wilbur.” Reddish brown background compliments her hair color. On heavy cardboard, 35” x 24.”
Midol Tin, purse size 1 x 2-1/2, holds 10 pills
Midol Tin, purse size 1” x 2-1/2,” holds 10 pills. DATE: 1950s
2010.35.11 Glovarian Pills, “for dismenorrea, (menstrual cramps) and amenorrhea, (lacking periods).” Glass bottle holds 36 pills, a few remaining. In original white box 2-1/2” x 1”-1/2 x 1” w/brown print.Glycerine Ovarian Extract. Schieffelin & Co. est. 1794, NY G.W. Carnrick Co. Dependable Gland Products, Newark, N.J.
Modess Custom Belt 39c, 3-1/2 box
Modess Custom Belt 39c, 3-1/2” box pictures a woman in formal wear, a pink gown and long white gloves on front. Front of box is covered with cellophane. Back says, “Two adjustments assure perfect fit in both Pin and Pinless style,” unopened; Personal Products Corp., Milltown, N.J. Makers of New Design “V-Form by Modess the completely new sanitary belt.” DATED: 1956 and later.
Modess Hospital Size, 12 Feminine Napkins
Modess Hospital Size, 12 Feminine Napkins “Extra Super Absorbency.” unopened white 12 x 6 x 3” box w/royal blue and white; 9” royal blue outline of a woman wearing a nurses’ cap; 4 pink stripes serve as background for the words Modess and Vee-Form are the Trademarks of Personal Products Company, Milltown, N.J.
Modess, 6 pads in a gray box
Modess, 6 pads in a gray box 8-1/2” x 7-1/4,” center of front and back has a black cross framed inside an 1-1/2” red square and framed within a black 2-1/2” square. Directions on side flaps. The Modess Corporation, N.Y. DATE: 1930s
Newman Douche Powder Verazeptol sample packet
“Newman Douche Powder Verazeptol” sample packet of headache tablets, antacid tablets and directions for use and “Feminine Hygiene, Facts that every woman should know.” In original white and green 4” x 2” x 2” box w/a small picture of a lady wearing a nurse’s cap. A small label wrapped with cellophane says $1.00. Postage stamp in red and blue says “NRA,” with an eagle, “ We do our part. ” Newman Pharmacal Company, Louisville, Kentucky. Unopened.
Nimform Sanitary Belt, pink, in original 2 x 4 tan box
Nimform Sanitary Belt, pink, in original 2” x 4” tan box with blue lettering.
Pamphlet, Famous Women of History – Lydia Pinkham
Famous Women of History, pamphlet advertising products from “Lydia Pinkham, the Ladyʼs Friend,” on menstruation and other female health concerns. Includes testimonials with product ads including inside cover, from Mrs. Conrad C. Vantassel, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin with her photograph and biographies including Cleopatra, Isabella of Castile, Florence Nightingale and Martha Washington with sketches throughout. White paper with black print, 32 pages. 7” x 4-1/2.”
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Pamphlet, Lydia E. Pinkhamʼs Private Text-Book
Lydia E. Pinkhamʼs Private Text-Book Lydia E. Pinkham. Product Advertising Booklet on “Menstruation and other Female Health Concerns. Caution to the Owner, This little book treats of delicate subjects, and has been sent to you only by request. It is not intended for indiscriminate reading, but for your own private information.” 8 Chapters include: “Once a Month, Joy of Motherhood, Diseases of the Female Organs, Keep Clean Inside and Out; ” also product descriptions, The Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Massachusetts, U.S.A., brown cover. 6” x 4-1/2.”
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Pamphlet, Manʼs Sex Life
Manʼs Sex Life, Hereward Carrington, cover in hazy blue and pink shows a naked woman in an erotic pose. Chapters include, “Lost Manhood, Sex Life in the
Home, How Woman is Aroused, Frequency of Sex, and Jealousy in Women.” Copyright 1930, 504 W. 111th Street, New York, Price $1.00, 16 pages.8-1/2 x 6.” DATED: 1930
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Pamphlet, Sex Control or Philosphy of Life
Sex Control or Philosphy of Life, about pregnancy, includes “Follies of Preventias, Impotence and Sterility, Hereditary Descent, Conception, Pregnancy, Premature Births.” as well as “Table for Calculating the Duration of Pregnancy, Monthly Conception and Barren Periods and Progress of the Embryo” with drawings. Charles Bennett, B.S., M.A. and Charles a. Hoff, M.D., Circle publishing Company, New York, N.Y., Copyright, 1925 The John A. Hertel Co., pages 57 to 110 of Book III. DATE: Circa 1925.
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Pamphlet, Sex Facts for Women
Sex Facts for Women, Richard J. Lambert, Ph. G., M.D., “The material contained in this booklet was selected from the authorʼs book, Sex and Marriage which gives a complete discussion of sexual knowledge.” Book includes Anatomy and Physiology of the Female Generative Organs, Puberty and Menstruation, Physiology of Reproduction and Pregnancy with charts, diagrams, and drawings. Booklet has a yellow cover with black printing and a drawing of a woman seated in her doctorʼs office being giving a prescription. Padell Book Company, 830 Broadway, New York City, Franklin Publishing Company 1936, 32 pages. DATED: 1936.
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Pamphlet, Sex Vigor, How Retained, How Regained
Sex Vigor, How Retained, How Regained, includes: Diagram of Male Reproductive System, Introduction...“to reveal the ideal sex life in the home, with a view toward aiding some readers in finding greater domestic happiness,” Pernicious Habits That Rob Men of Health and Compatibility at Home, red chipboard cover w/black print, 32 pages, in original badly torn brown mailing envelope.
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Pamphlet, Social Diseases
Social Diseases, A National Menace, includes: “Source and Carriers of Venereal, Gonorrhea and Syphilis,” brown cover w/black print, 12 pages.
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Pamphlet, The Dangers Of a Large City
White Slave Trade Pamphlets, The Dangers of a Large City or The System of the Underworld, Exposing the White Slave Traffic. Cover has ink drawing of a group of tough looking men, a couple of well dressed women and a young woman partially clad seated with her head in her hands, in the center of the background stands a well dressed man with a gavel. Preface “Thousands of young, innocent girls are trapped each year and sold like cattle to the highest bidder, and by promises of good positions, cajolery, threats, fake marriages, coercion, persuasion...lured into a life of shame,” about white slavery “As now practiced in American, including detailed descriptions of the customs and manners of the white women slaves and ...” 31 page 7-1/2 x 5-1/4.”
White glossy cover outlined with 3 red lines and royal blue sketch and print. Chicago. DATE: Circa 1941.
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Pamphlet, The Ladies Birthday Almanac
Cardui Tonic Booklet The Ladies Birthday Almanac, Thedfordʼs Black Draught 1929 Cardui Tonic, 33 page advertising and informational booklet, tan with black writing advertising “Thedfordʼs Black-Draught” and “Cardui a Tonic, 1929,” company logo in the center with a sketch of a knelling Native American woman pointing at the leaves of a plant as a pioneer woman stands observing. Booklet includes product testimonials, each with a sketch of the woman writing and the state she lives in. Every month has a page with a detailed weather forecast. Bottom of cover page says, “Our Medicines are the Product of Practical Experience, Scientific Investigation and Pharmaceutical Skill.” The back page says “When Weak Take Cardui, in use over 50 years.” Herema Drugstore, Indianola, Iowa, Drugs and Medicines, Prescriptions. In 1880, a menstrual relief product called Dr. McELREE'S Wine of Cardui was introduced. Cardui was composed chiefly of 51.9% potassium carbonate, 16% salt, and 20.3% alcohol, the advertising suggesting that the product was herbal. DATED: 1929.
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Pamphlet, The Secret of Youth and Charm
The Secret of Youth and Charm, Plain Sex Truths for Women, pamphlet, “My purpose, in the presentation of this plain, matter of fact treatise on the functions, uses, and abuses of the female organs, can be summed up: To help break the shackles of sex ignorance; the enhance the sum total of health and happiness by dispensing knowledge regarding the seat of these human attributes, chronic female disorders...frigidity...” Brown cover with black print, 23 pages.
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Pamphlet, Traffic In Girls
White Slave Trade Pamphlets, The Dangers of a Large City or The System of the Underworld, Exposing the White Slave Traffic. Cover has ink drawing of a group of tough looking men, a couple of well dressed women and a young woman partially clad seated with her head in her hands, in the center of the background stands a well dressed man with a gavel. Preface “Thousands of young, innocent girls are trapped each year and sold like cattle to the highest bidder, and by promises of good positions, cajolery, threats, fake marriages, coercion, persuasion...lured into a life of shame,” about white slavery “As now practiced in American, including detailed descriptions of the customs and manners of the white women slaves and ...” 31 page 7-1/2 x 5-1/4.”
Tan cover with dark blue sketch and print, “Price 50 cents, all Rights Reserved.” DATED: 1941.
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