Ad*Access: Beauty and Hygiene (1911

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An image database of over 7,000 U.S. and Canadian advertisements covering five product categories - Beauty and Hygiene, Radio, Television, Transportation, and World War II propaganda - dated between 1911 and 1955.

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John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History
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Company
- Palmolive Company (242)
- Procter & Gamble Co. (234)
- Lever Brothers Company (137)
- Kotex Company (104)

Product
- Palmolive Soap (259)
- Sanitary Napkins (155)
- Ivory Soap (131)
- Lifebuoy Health Soap (74)

Subject
- Illustration--Drawing (1099)
- Beauty and Hygiene--Cosmetics (696)
- Beauty and Hygiene--Soaps (578)
- Beauty and Hygiene--Hair Preparations (339)

Year
- 1944 (140)
- 1945 (138)
- 1943 (125)
- 1942 (109)

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This category includes products (such as cosmetics, soaps, and shaving supplies) that were targeted for personal hygiene and enhancing one's attractiveness.

Kotex	How War Nurses Found a New Use for Cellucotton	You dispose of it	To Guard Against Emergencies
A most convenient vacation item	Scientific Frankness	Your Allure	Your Fear
Woman's Happiness	Your Life will hold more contented days	Every mother should tell her daughter this	5,000,000 Women Have adopted this new way in personal hygiene
4 Reasons the Doctor Says "Use Kotex"	"It has women's enthusiastic approval!" The Improved Kotex	--shaped to fit, --softened to ease, --deodorizes to protect, The Improved Kotex	Women Lose
"Hard to say, but I often have to warn the girls"	"Marvelous...the freedom with this new sanitary protection"	"I wish all girls knew how important this is"	"If only I could tell this to every business girl"
Present styles demand an inconspicuous sanitary pad	Concealment Assured when this new sanitary pad is worn under filmy frocks	Youth Rejects old-fashioned sanitary makeshifts that women used to consider "good enough"	Health first
"Amazing--so many women must learn this from others"	Be sure when you buy sanitary pads specify Kotex	In summer you need this inconspicuous sanitary protection	Sanitary Goods Week!
Beware of pads "just like Kotex"	Protect Your Health the way millions do...by using Kotex	Here's real comfort in sanitary protection...specify Kotex	Old ways seem crude once you know the lasting comfort of Kotex

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