Category Archives: Iconic Products

In honor of the 125th birthday of Johnson & Johnson this year, here are 12.5 things you didn’t know about Johnson & Johnson: 1. Johnson & Johnson and the American College of Surgeons co-sponsored the first televised surgical operation in 1947.  … Continue reading →

Sometimes a chance conversation can lead to unexpected things.  In Johnson & Johnson history, conversations have led to some very well-known products from our Family of Companies.  A conversation in the late 1800s between one of our founders and someone … Continue reading →

Designer BAND-AID® Brand Adhesive Bandages.  In a tin! With the success of Cynthia Rowley-designed BAND-AID® Brand Adhesive Bandages in special limited edition tins, it has become overwhelmingly clear that adults like wearing consumer wound care products with designs on them … Continue reading →

There’s nothing worse than losing the instructions for something you’ve bought,  especially if it’s something you need to use in an emergency.  Some people keep all of their instruction manuals in an envelope or a folder, or in an electronic file, … Continue reading →

To help everyone cool down in the end-of-summer heat, Kilmer House brings you ten cool things from our archives.  Enjoy! 1. A 1927 price list that belonged to Earle Dickson, inventor of the BAND-AID® Brand Adhesive Bandage.  The pages inside have … Continue reading →

A Design Classic! 1.  What do BAND-AID® Brand Adhesive Bandages have in common with the @ symbol on your computer keyboard?  They’re both part of the permanent design collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York.  Here’s the … Continue reading →

One of the historic LISTERINE® ads used in the documentary This is a little different from the topics I usually post about, but my colleagues at our consumer operating company recently did a really cool documentary about LISTERINE® Antiseptic, and … Continue reading →

Some of the most beautiful and appealing ads in the history of the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies are the historical ads for JOHNSON’S® Baby Powder.  One of the most popular of those ads – and still a favorite … Continue reading →

When people think of LISTERINE® Antiseptic, probably the last thing they think about is electric guitars.  But they should, because LISTERINE®  and the electric guitar go back more than half a century together.  What was the connection?  It was through Les … Continue reading →

Since August is vacation time, this post was inspired by a Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies employee who sent me these photos from her vacation: Look What’s In the Smithsonian! The photos are from her trip to the Smithsonian’s … Continue reading →