Bandaid

Band-Aid

By destinymarieh
  • First Band-Aid

    First Band-Aid

    Earle Dickson was employed as a cotton buyer for the Johnson & Johnson when he invented the band-aid in 1921. His wife Joshephine Dickson was always cutting her fingers while preparing food, and that's when the band-aid first began.
  • First Band-Aid Machine Was Invented

    First Band-Aid Machine Was Invented

    Johnson & Johnson introduced the first machine that produced sterilized Band-Aids.

  • First Sterile Band-Aid

    Completely sterile bandages are introduced.
  • First decorative Band-Aids were introduced to the market.

    First decorative Band-Aids were introduced to the market.

    They began to be a commercial success with decorative themes such as Superman, Spider-Man, Hello Kitty, Rocket Power, Rugrats, smiley faces, Barbie, Dora the Explorer, and Batman.

  • Earle Dickson becomes Vice President at Johnson & Johnson

    Dickson had a successful career at Johnson & Johnson, eventually becoming a Vice President at the company before his retirement in 1957.
  • First Band-Aid in Space

    First Band-Aid in Space

    Adhesive bandages go into space with Mercury astronauts.