Johnson & Johnson Adhesive Tape Tin Used by the Jackson Family, Selma, Alabama
THF373772 / Johnson & Johnson Adhesive Tape Tin Used by the Jackson Family, Selma, Alabama
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Artifact Overview
Medical adhesive tape helps secure bandages around wounds or wrap bone, joint, or soft tissue injuries. Early medical tapes developed in the mid-19th century used a rubber-based adhesive mixed with other compounds that often irritated the skin. In 1899, Johnson and Johnson developed adhesive plasters infused with anti-bacterial zinc oxide, and by the mid-1900s, it had developed a waterproof adhesive tape.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Adhesive tape
Creators
Place of Creation
Location
at Greenfield Village in Dr. Sullivan & Mrs. Richie Jean Sherrod Jackson Home
Object ID
2023.50.879
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Tin (Metal)
Metal
Paper (Fiber product)
Plastic
Rubber (Material)
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 1.5 in
Diameter: 2.325 in
Inscriptions
top and bottom:
[Red Cross symbol] Johnson & Johnson / 1 in. adhesive tape 5 yds.
side:
1 in. [Red Cross symbol] 5 yds. / Adhesive tape / Waterproof / Johnson & Johnson / 43 [cent symbol] / Made in U.S.A. / No connection whatever with American National Red Cross.
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ArtifactDr. Sullivan & Mrs. Richie Jean Sherrod Jackson Home
The home of Dr. Sullivan and Richie Jean Jackson, originally located in Selma, Alabama, is a Civil Rights Movement landmark. The home served as a refuge where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and other leaders worked, collaborated, strategized, and planned the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery marches. These marches led to the signing of the Voting Rights Act on August 6, 1965.