Pamphlet, Your A Young Lady Now
Menstruation, Youʼre a young lady now, 12 page booklet 7-1/2” x 5-1/2” cover shows a young girl in jeans, a yellow t-shirt and braids at her bedroom dressing table looking into the mirror and seeing herself as she would like to look, with long curly hair, a frilly orchid top and lipstick. The same girl is seen inside the pamphlet in black outlined drawings as she learns about menstruation, Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Neenah, Wisconsin, Copyright 1952. DATE: 1952 and later.
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Perfect Sanitary Belt, pink, in original 3 x 5 tan box
Perfect Sanitary Belt, pink, in original 3 x 5” tan box w/dark blue printing. with center oval has sketch of belt, never used; DATE: Circa 1910s.
Progynon-Dh Tablets of Estrogenic Substance, 16 tablets remain
Progynon-Dh Tablets of Estrogenic Substance, 16 tablets remain in box that holds 30, with separate sheet of Directions. 3” x 2” x 1/2” white cardboard box with silvery blue writing. Schering Corporation, Bloomfield, New Jersey. DATE: Circa 1939 (1939 on label.)
Puritan Pocket Pad One Cotton Sanitary Napkin
Puritan Pocket Pad “One Cotton Sanitary Napkin” & “Two Safety Pins Enclosed” in brown cardboard box. Unopened. Puritan Mills, Assonet, Mass.
Relaxacizor in original case with detailed instruction booklets
Relaxacizor in original case with detailed instruction booklets and photographs. “A passive exerciser that makes muscles exercise without any physical or mental effort...generating a similar kind of tiny electronic impulse that your brain does. When this minute electronic impulse reaches the nerves that connect to the muscles, the muscles exercise and tighten while you relax.” Main Office 915 N. La Cienega, Hollywood 46, Calif, also in Long Beach, San Francisco, Chicago, San Diego, New York, Albany and Philadelphia. Considered “medical quakery” and dangerous. DATED: 1940 to 1970.
San-Nap-Pak, For Extra Protection with Moisture-Proof
San-Nap-Pak, “For Extra Protection with Moisture-Proof Back, Guaranteed,” 3” x 6-1/2” folded leaflet with yellow and black print. Unopened royal blue box, with white printing. Logo, a 2” sketch of woman in long gown. San-Nap-Pak Mfg., Co., New York, N.Y. DATE: 1940s - Box 8-1/2 x 7-3/4, One Dozen, Regular Size.
San-Nap-Pak, For Extra Protection with Moisture-Proof
San-Nap-Pak, “For Extra Protection with Moisture-Proof Back, Guaranteed,” 3” x 6-1/2” folded leaflet with yellow and black print. Unopened royal blue box, with white printing. Logo, a 2” sketch of woman in long gown. San-Nap-Pak Mfg., Co., New York, N.Y. DATE: 1940s - Box 8-1/2 x 3-1/2 x 2-1/2” Five Standard Size.
Sanadora Woman s Menstrual De-ordorant
Sanadora “Woman’s Menstrual De-ordorant, A Necessary Luxury and a Luxurious Necessity,” round dark green tin w/directions. Manufactured by the Winifred Darrow Co., Three River, Mich.
Sans Oval Ends, The Ideal Napkin Poster
Sans Oval Ends, The Ideal Napkin” Poster. All of the art work combines heavy paint and paper cuts out that have been glued in place to create the details of the picture. Poster features a woman in her bedroom seen from the waist up from the back. She is viewed through her dresser mirror, as she checks out the the back of her hair through her hand mirror. In the foreground is a table w/a large purple box of Sans. Colors primarily in pastel shades of teal and pink with touches of orange, yellow and white print. On heavy cardboard. 12” x 35-1/2.”
Seeqit Tablets, for the temporary relief of minor pains
Seeqit Tablets, “for the temporary relief of minor pains associated with monthly periods.” 2-1/2” x 7/8” x 7/8” yellow cardboard box w/blue writing, $1 per pack of 12. Unopened. Seeqit & Tiques, Inc., N.Y.C.
Tabloid Mixed Glands No. 2 (female) Thyroid pills
Tabloid Mixed Glands No. 2 (female) Thyroid pills in unopened glass bottle w/metal top, brownish label w/black lettering. Burroughs Wellcome and Co. New York.
Tampax
Junior Tampax “10 Tampax preferred by many for the waning days,” white 2-1/2” x 5” box, red rectangle in upper right-hand corner “If you prefer More Absorbency ask next time for either Regular or Super Tampax.” - Tampax “Sanitary Protection, Worn Internally. No Belts, No Pins, No Pads. Accepted for Advertising by The Journal of The American Medical, Association,” 2 unopened boxes in original cellophane wrap, Tampax Incorporated, Palmer, Mass. DATE: Circa 1940.
Regular Tampax, “10 Tampax, An Average Month’s Supply,” light blue 3” x 5” box, red rectangle in upper right-hand corner says, “For more Absorbency Super Tampax.” - Tampax “Sanitary Protection, Worn Internally. No Belts, No Pins, No Pads. Accepted for Advertising by The Journal of The American Medical, Association,” 2 unopened boxes in original cellophane wrap, Tampax Incorporated, Palmer, Mass. DATE: Circa 1940.
The Camp Transparent Woman Postcard
“The Camp Transparent Woman” Postcard. On exhibit in the Hall of Health at 1937 Convention of the State Medical Society of Wisconsin, “Scientific representation of the female body in three dimensional perspective, reproducing the internal organs of a typical woman.” Unused.
The Hygienic Sponge, 1 D, round red tin container
The Hygienic Sponge, 1” D, round red tin container with red and silver design, contains a sea sponge used for menstruation, wrapped in netting.
Tin Kotex Advertisement Poster
Tin Kotex Advertisement Poster, gray background, across the top in white print is the word “Kotex” and pictures a very serious and empathetic nurse in her white uniform and cap holding a box of Kotex under her arm. The box is blue box w/white lettering. 18” x 12” in wood frame.
Wallace Institute Weight Reduction Program
Wallace Institute Weight Reduction Program, designed primarily for women. Includes five 78 rpm, “Get thin to music,” a brochure of Mr. Wallace demonstrating the exercises, and a pamphlet, “A Woman’s Birthright,” with meal suggestions, a weight chart and directions. In original box. Wallace Institute, 630 South Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Ill. Copyright 1920. DATED: 1920 - 1922.
