Wood's Emergency Case for First Aid
date: label: Date made
content: c. 1920
name: label: maker
content: Johnson & Johnson
notes: label: Description
content: The inscription on the lid of this metal box reads “WOOD’S / EMERGENCY CASE / FOR FIRST AID / MANUFACTURED BY / Johnson & Johnson / NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., U.S.A.” The firm was incorporated in 1887, specialized in first aid items, and was offering Wood’s emergency case by 1898. It 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-01515
label: maker number
content: No. 6
label: accession number
content: 67857
label: catalog number
content: M-01515
objectType: label: Object Name
content: First Aid Kit
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (case material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8.4 cm x 22.5 cm x 19 cm; 3 5/16 in x 8 7/8 in x 7 1/2 in