BSA First Aid Kit

Object/Artifact

Windham Textile and History Museum

The image shows a vintage green Boy Scouts first aid kit with red cross emblem.

Name/Title

BSA First Aid Kit

Entry/Object ID

2025.104.8

Description

A green and red painted tin which once contained the official Boy Scouts of America First Aid Kit prepared by Johnson & Johnson. The tin has a hinged lid and swivel latch. The kits contents and their uses are listed on the inside of the lid, they include adhesive plaster, band-aid, gauze bandage, halazone tablets, mercurochrome, picric acid gauze pad, and steripads. On the back of the tin are two metal slides so that a belt could be put through.

Collection

Boy Scout Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Kit, First Aid

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Kit, Medical

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Instrument, Therapeutic

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Medical Instruments

Nomenclature Class

Medical & Psychological T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 05: Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology

Location

* Untyped Location

Archives U1-D-4

Date

October 18, 2025

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Found Object

Created By

Kearney, Quinlan

Create Date

October 18, 2025

Updated By

Kearney, Quinlan

Update Date

October 18, 2025