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bandage

Catalog Number
2000.52.32
Date of Origin
1918
Manufacturer
Johnson & Johnson
Description
US Army bandage from Johnson & Johnson.  The bandage is wrapped inside paper of some sort.  On the front of the wrapping, withing a black rectangle, are the words "Individual Dressing Packet/US Army/Contract March 1918/Johnson & Johnson/New Brunswick, NJ, USA".
History
Items from 2000.52 belonged to John J. Piers, veteran of World War One, Polar Bear and former resident of the Holland, MI area.
John was born in Graafschap, MI on 8-15-1892 to Jan and Fanny Piers. John grew up in the Fillmore and Laketown areas of Allegan County. He married Tilda Bomers in Holland, MI in 1920. They moved to Grand Rapids soon after marriage, and settled in Jenison, MI.
Gift of
Timmer, Virginia