CHAPTER 56
100 Years Ago: Celebrating a New Addition to the Cotton Mill
In 1908 Johnson & Johnson completed an addition to the “New” Red Cross Cotton Mill. The mill had been built in 1901 and just a few short years later, it needed to be expanded due to the growth of the surgical dressings, cotton and gauze business and the need for extra manufacturing capacity. As was its tradition, the Company held a reception and dance for employees to inaugurate the new building…on the evening of Friday, October 2, 1908 from 8:00 pm to midnight. Let’s step back to that evening 100 years ago and take a look.
According to Oct. 3, 1908 edition of The
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