Julius Schmid

Julius Schmidt (March 17, 1865 - 1955) (later Julius Schmid) was the creator of the Sheik condom and the Ramses condom.[1] .

Biography

He was born Jewish in Schorndorf, Germany on March 17, 1865. He emigrated to New York City at the age of 17, in 1882.[2] He founded Schmid Laboratories in Little Falls, New Jersey in 1883.[3]

References

  1. ^ Brendan I. Koerner (September 29, 2006). "The Other Trojan War - What's the best-selling condom in America?". Slate magazine. http://www.slate.com/id/2150552/. Retrieved 2007-07-21. "Jules Schmid, a onetime sausage-maker who'd started making lamb-gut condoms in the 1880s; by the time Trojan debuted, he was manufacturing rubber condoms under the Ramses and Sheik brand names. Schmid's packages often featured romantic Egyptian or Arab images. ..." 
  2. ^ "Julius Schmid". PBS. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/theymadeamerica/whomade/schmid_hi.html. Retrieved 2011-09-25. "Born into poverty in Schorndorf, Germany, in 1865, the half-paralyzed Jewish immigrant arrived in New York at the age of 17 to make his fortune. ..." 
  3. ^ "Carl J. Schmid, Former Chief Of Drug Maker, Is Dead at 85". New York Times. June 10, 1983. http://www.nytimes.com/1983/06/10/obituaries/carl-j-schmid-former-chief-of-drug-maker-is-dead-at-85.html. Retrieved 2011-09-25. "He became president of the company in 1939 upon the death of his father, Julius, who founded the concern in 1883 in Little Falls, N.J."