Nine Glamorous Kotex Ads From The 1950s

    Ladies, let's return to the halcyon days of napkins and belts and clasps. Illustrated by Jon Whitcomb.

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    1.

    "It's wonderful"
    The ads all featured the heads of two lovely ladies, sometimes floating. The starry, snowflakey background was also a common element, seemingly to emphasis "softness."

    2.

    ROASTING HOT DOGS
    "No meat injections for us tonight, right Betty?"

    3.

    Give me an "M" an "E" an "N" an "S" a "T" an "R" a "U"...

    4.

    What are these two looking at, and saying "just perfect?" I have a guess.

    5.

    "Are you rubbing?" "No. Are you chaffing?" "No."

    6.

    "We love archery without our beaus."

    7.

    Whitcomb definitely had a thing for blue eyes.

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    9.

    Tell that horny boyfriend of yours what it says in Leviticus: "Do not have sexual relations with a woman during her period of menstrual impurity..."