Holly-Pax, The Modern Insertion Type Sanitary Napkin
notes: label: Description
content: Light and dark purple cardboard box with silhouette of a woman in heels and a skin-tight outfit. The box contains one cellophane package of four tampons and one cellophane package of two tampons. (Box originally contained ten tampons.) Printed on box top: "Package of 10 -- only 20[cents]" Top of box also has a seal of approval by the "Bureau of Hygiene." One folded paper insert is included: "Suggestions for Use of Holly-Pax, A Wix Product." One end of the box reads: "Made by Holly-Pax division of the Wix Company;" the other end: "Made by Holly-Pax Inc., Hollywood, California." Printed on one edge of box: "A Product of Hollywood / For the Fastidious Woman;" and on the other: "Invisible - Secure / No Pins - No Pads - No Belts"
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: California, Los Angeles
label: place made
content: United States: Minnesota, Minneapolis
topic: label: Subject
content: Menstruation
label: Subject
content: Movie
label: Subject
content: Women's Health
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: Menstruation: Tampons
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Linda Lacy
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2023.0066.02
label: catalog number
content: 2023.0066.02
label: accession number
content: 2023.0066
objectType: label: Object Name
content: tampons
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: box: 1.5 cm x 6.5 cm x 4.8 cm; 19/32 in x 2 9/16 in x 1 7/8 in