Unfortunately, she'd also have several cuts or burns on her fingers. Without an adhesive bandage, Josephine had no easy way of bandaging her own cuts. Earle had to cut pieces of adhesive tape and cotton gauze and make a bandage for each wound. This happened day after day-and, day after day Josephine needed more bandages.
They were in a real bind. Clumsiness is seldom seen as a virtue, but in the case of the Band-Aid sticking plaster, it's the reason they exist.
His wife, Josephine, was something of a whirlwind around the house, which often left her with small cuts and grazes. Earle gradually became fed-up with dressing her minor wounds and came up with the idea of sticking pieces of gauze on a length of sticky tape, so that Josephine could cut off whatever she required and apply it herself.
They realised others might find this useful, so Earle took the idea to his boss, James Johnson. In , the company started selling an inch roll of bandage with an absorbent centre and sticky edges, calling it Band-Aid. It still needed to be cut to shape. But in , the company started selling small, individual strips — perfect for fingers. Sales were initially so small though that tins of them were sent out for free to the Boy Scouts Association, the natural home of cuts, grazes and blisters.
In , a German company called Hansaplast launched its own version of the adhesive dressing, and Britain followed in with the launch of Elastoplast.
By the s, few houses in the developed world didn't possess at least one form or other of sticking plasters. Playful designs printed with flags or cartoon characters were added to appeal to children, and Band-Aid plasters were even taken to the moon in , as part of the Apollo mission.
Band-Aid came under fire in the s for marketing the plasters as flesh-coloured, meaning pink. A political cartoon of the time quipped, "White is a flesh-coloured Band-aid. In , a brand called Ebon-Aid was launched with a range of colours to suit African-American skin tones.
But sales were low and the company soon folded. Happy to provide the history of something in generations of homes! In reply to by Jim Jack. Sounds interesting! Can you email me some photos through the blog's email? It's kilmerhouse its. In reply to by Richardo. If you could send me some photos of your tin, I would be happy to take a look at it to see if we have any information in the archives.
If you can take a few quick photos of the front and back of the tin and send them to me at kilmerhouse its. I appreciate this information as I'm a collector who gives Advertising Tin programs.
I especially like telling about the tins with the red cross on them. Thank you. I have a square tin with 25 cents and pat Dec 28, I love it. Bought it at a flea market 30 years ago for a dollar or two. I started collecting them about 15 years ago and when I find one I don't already have In reply to how much would one empty… by Anonymous. That would depend on the condition of the tin.
When I was a wee boy growing up in Glasgow I cut my finger. After my mum used a plaster that's what they called in Scotland I changed the dressing all the time on purpose till ther was none left so I could get the tin. Loved that tin. Wonder what happened to it.
Please bring them back. Wonderful Xmas presents they would make. It is the size of a regular tin, but is made of cardboard with a overlapping flip top lid sort of like a hardpack of cigarettes, but doubled. The box touts a "Sulfathiazole Pad" on the bandage and there is a hand-written '23' the original price? I'll send some photos to your email address, but do you have any idea when and for how long these were available?
I can't find any information on it or other example at all on the interweb. From your description, it sounds like a WWII era package, since the brand went to cardboard packaging for a few years beginning in If you send me a picture through the blog's mailbox, kilmerhouse its. Was wondering if it was worth anything?? In reply to I have a 40 or 50 year old… by Anonymous.
Jennifer, thanks for reaching out about your vintage tin. We don't have any way of assessing value for it. In reply to Is the band aid tin… by Anonymous. We don't have any way of assessing the value of your artifact. It is intended for visitors from the United States of America. About the Writer. By MargaretGurowitz. Share this article. Read45 comments. First Name. Last Name Full name will be displayed as entered. About text formats. Lines and paragraphs break automatically. Web page addresses and email addresses turn into links automatically.
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Variety put-ups, containing multiple sizes of strips, were all packed by hand. Thanks for the memories and the photos! APRIL 23, AM A remarkable product, a Classic from the beginnings, love this article, loved the tin cans style, it was a great holding tin for the metal "Mattel" cars we had.
Best of luck in your search! Thanks, Margaret. Sent to my family this morning. A good collectible. More about the author More about the blog Museum Artifacts Drive. Early Products. New Brunswick. Iconic Products. Local Interest.
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