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Ephemra - NEW YORK Chesebrough Vaseline - Lot of 12

Currency:CAD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:25.00 CAD Estimated At:50.00 - 70.00 CAD
Ephemra - NEW YORK Chesebrough Vaseline - Lot of 12
SOLD
25.00CAD+ buyer's premium (5.00)
This item SOLD at 2016 Nov 26 @ 19:20UTC-4 : AST/EDT

Buyer’s Premiums will be added on all items as per the Terms & Conditions of the sale. Invoices will be emailed out following the Coin Cabinet Collector Show.
Ephemra - NEW YORK Chesebrough Vaseline - Lot of 12 - Sizes:
2 - 3.1/8" x 1.5/8"
2 - 2" x 2"
2 - 1.5/8" x 1.5/8"
2 - 1.3/8" x 1.3/8"
2 - 1.2/8" x 1.2/8"
2 - 1.1/8" x 1.1/8", 12 Pcs in Total.

The Vaseline® journey started in 1859, when a 22 year old chemist from Brooklyn, New York named Robert Augustus Chesebrough, went to Pennsylvania to investigate an oil well. The oil industry was in its infancy, and Chesebrough, like many, was hoping to earn profit out of it.
While Chesebrough was there, he discovered a gooey substance known as ‘Rod Wax’ that was causing problems to the oil rig workers, as it stuck to the drilling rigs, causing them to seize up.
Chesebrough noticed that oil workers would smear their skin with the residue from their drills, as it had the property to heal their cuts and burns. He got curious and took some Rod Wax home where he started experimenting with it. After months of testing, he managed to successfully extract usable petroleum jelly out of it.
By 1870, Chesebrough was marketing his petroleum jelly product by the name of Vaseline®, and within ten years, the product’s increased exposure and popularity meant that almost every household in America had a jar of Vaseline®. Chesebrough expanded his business to Canada, the United Kingdom and various British colonies all over the world.
New mothers used it as an absorbent shield for diaper rash. Professionals working in extreme cold weather used it to relieve their dry chapped skin. Even Commander Robert Peary carried a jar of Vaseline when he travelled to the North Pole; as it was the only thing that wouldn’t freeze in those extreme conditions.
The highest honor that a British monarch can bestow on a subject is a knighthood. In 1883 Queen Victoria, who ruled over a quarter of the world’s population, not only decided that Chesebrough was worthy of such an honor, but also told the indefatigable chemist that she too was a fan of his versatile and transformative product, and used Vaseline® Jelly to help heal her dry skin.
By the late 1880s, Chesebrough was selling Vaseline® Petroleum Jelly nationwide at the rate of one jar per minute and most medical professionals recognized Vaseline® Petroleum Jelly as the standard remedy for skin complaints.
Sir Robert Chesebrough retired as the president of his company in 1908.
By 1911, the company began opening operation plants and factories in Europe, Canada and Africa for manufacturing and distributing the product.
Chesebrough’s invention was from the outset a medicinal product, intended to aid the healing process of cuts and burns. During the First World War, Vaseline® had been used by the U.S. soldiers for cuts and bruises and to prevent sunburn. And many medical officers kept tubes of Vaseline® with them to treat minor cuts or burns.
During the Second World War, Vaseline® was commissioned to produce a sterile antiseptic wound dressing containing petroleum jelly. As a result the brand Vaseline®, became a patriotic symbol in the United States.
Chesebrough and Pond's Creams merged in June 1955; and in 1987 Chesebrough-Ponds was acquired by Anglo-Dutch company Unilever.
Awards for the product included Grand Medal at the U.S. Centennial Exposition in 1876, Silver Medal at the Paris Exposition in 1878, and Highest Award at the London Medical International Congress in 1881.
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