Discovered while researching a story titled “A Fifth Way” – The Band-Aid was invented 1920 by Johnson & Johnson employee Earle Dickson for his wife Josephine, who frequently cut and burned herself while cooking. The original Band-Aids were handmade and not popular, using resources available at the time which were limited in an era of poverty. By 1924, J & J made a machine that produced sterilized Band-Aids. The first decorative Band-Aids, introduced in 1951, were a commercial success. Not until decades later were colored adhesive bandages and clear ones for all skin colors created. Read more about popular culture in history in BEHIND THE STORY.
