Rare C. 1940 J&J Red Cross Band-Aid Tin model railroad signs PEI (Prince Edward Island)

PEI (Prince Edward Island)

just contribute to its presence and richness as an object with a long history

though continued to use the Pohl name until the 1940’s)--though it sounds pretty great too

drawers open and close with ease

or playing games with

Rare C. 1940 J&J Red Cross Band-Aid Tin model railroad signs PEI (Prince Edward Island)I 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