Rare C. 1940 J&J Red Cross Band-Aid Tin funny postcard The Washington Post

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I don't believe much older than that

but it's not surprising that over the past nearly 200 years some have been lost

Worn and aged as evident but very sound and stable

Acrylic on cardstock with a linen finish (with a bit of a sheen)

Rare C. 1940 J&J Red Cross Band-Aid Tin funny postcard The Washington PostI picked this up yesterday purely for the design the combination of the red cross (my favorite logo), sans serif capital lettering (which Johnson and Johnson used for its own logo only for a very short time) and creamy white of the tin, plus its proportions, just struck me as pretty much 100% perfect. I've since discovered this particular tin, produced 1940 42 or so, is quite a rare one (I found one listed at $100!), and one which Johnson and Johnson