As we start to celebrate our 125th anniversary year at Johnson & Johnson, our hometown of New Brunswick, New Jersey has been digging out of record amounts of snowfall – as have many other areas this winter. Here’s a look … Continue reading
This blog is a way to tell some of the stories about the early days and history of Johnson & Johnson, and the people who worked here.
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- Beginnings 88
- Did You Know? 85
- People 65
- Early Products 36
- Events 32
- Employees 31
- New Brunswick 29
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Category Archives: Traditions
Regular readers of Kilmer House know that Johnson & Johnson has been a pioneer in many areas of health care, but we also led the way in another, lesser known area as well: singing. Singing? Yes, singing! The massive success … Continue reading
As a company that will be 125 years old in 2011, Johnson & Johnson has many traditions: some recent, and some dating back almost to our founding. One of the most fun traditions throughout our history has been our employee … 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
Alert Kilmer House readers may have noticed that there are a number of photographs of Johnson & Johnson from the early 1890s on the blog, like this one: 1893 photograph of Johnson & Johnson buildings in New Brunswick, N.J. … Continue reading
In recognition of the 100th anniversary of the passing of Johnson & Johnson founder Robert Wood Johnson in 1910, this is one of several posts looking at the earliest years of Johnson & Johnson, Robert Wood Johnson as our first … Continue reading
It’s getting towards the end of April – time for the Johnson & Johnson Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Since we went public in 1944, you might be forgiven for thinking that our Annual Meetings started on a spring Thursday at the end … Continue reading
Johnson & Johnson Plaster Mill Employee (left) and fellow soldier, Spanish American War, 1898 My last post talked about the origins of our tradition of employees volunteering in the community. Another way our employees volunteered was through military service to … Continue reading
One of Our Early Employee Volunteers Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies employees all over the world have a long tradition of volunteering in the community. It reflects their feelings of responsibility to the communities in which they live and … Continue reading
A Chairman and CEO is writing a book. Having led his company through The Great Depression, he’s concerned with improving living standards to decrease what he sees as a consistent state of scarcity for large parts of the population. He … Continue reading
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