First Aid Kit
date: label: Date made
content: c. 1917 - 1922
name: label: maker
content: Johnson & Johnson
notes: label: Description
content: The inscription on the lid of this metal box reads “Johnson’s / ‘TRAVELKIT’ / POCKET / FIRST AID OUTFIT / Johnson & Johnson / NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. U.S.A. / MADE IN U.S.A.” The firm was incorporated in 1887, introduced its first first aid kit in 1888, and donated this example to the Smithsonian in 1922.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, New Brunswick
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Johnson & Johnson; Accession 067857 (1922)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-01517
label: catalog number
content: M-01517
label: accession number
content: 67857
objectType: label: Object Name
content: First Aid Kit
label: Object Name
content: first aid kit, travel
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (case material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 cm x 13.9 cm x 7.3 cm; 1 3/16 in x 5 1/2 in x 2 7/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 3/4 in x 6 3/4 in x 4 in; 4.445 cm x 17.145 cm x 10.16 cm