In the 1930s the company commissioned a series of colorful panels to pay homage to men and women who worked at Johnson & Johnson. For Employee Appreciation Day, we tell the story behind the art.
For National Dental Hygiene Month, we're stepping back in time to the late 1800s, when less than 10% of the population paid attention to good oral hygiene—that is, until this product hit the market. Hint: It was squeezable.
As celebs and style stars file into the front row at Spring Studios for New York Fashion Week, Johnson & Johnson looks back at its iconic series of high-fashion Modess ads, which featured some of the most coveted models and designers of the couture world.
In celebration of National Book Lovers Day, we’re spotlighting a popular Little Golden Book from 1950 (and that's still in print today!) that taught kids how to care for cuts and scrapes using the classic Johnson & Johnson product.
In honor of Independence Day, we’re spotlighting the star-emblazoned Johnson & Johnson bandages for kids that created fireworks in the market over 60 years ago—and paved the way for a trend that's still going strong today.
In honor of the World Health Organization’s Save Lives: Clean Your Hands campaign, we look at how the company helped usher in the concept of sterile surgery at a time when physicians weren't even in the habit of scrubbing in.
With Valentine’s Day upon us, it’s the perfect time to pay homage to an iconic couple featured in an ad for Red Cross® Kidney Plasters. Johnson & Johnson’s Chief Historian reveals why the public fell so madly in love with it.
You probably take the innovation for granted these days, but waterproof bandages weren't commercially sold prior to the 1930s—when this Johnson & Johnson invention debuted.
Buzzz. It's a familiar warm-weather nuisance: mosquitoes. In the early 1900s, the pests also transmitted serious diseases, so the company produced an in-home fumigator designed to repel the insects.
On National Dog Day, we dug into our archives to learn about an antiseptic soap designed over a century ago—and made popular by a future Johnson & Johnson CEO.
A century ago, keeping a tidy house meant more than just impressing the neighbors—it could also keep illnesses like polio and measles at bay. These vintage ads helped show magazine readers how.
The Boy Scouts of America were incorporated on February 8, 1910. To help scouts learn the merits of emergency medical assistance, Johnson & Johnson created custom first aid kits for troops.