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Parke Davis and Co.'s labratory [sic], Detroit, Mich. – Historic Print

Parke Davis and Co.'s labratory [sic], Detroit, Mich., c[between 1900 and 1910] — historic photograph
Parke Davis and Co.'s labratory [sic], Detroit, Mich., c[between 1900 and 1910]. Historic photograph from the Detroit collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Parke Davis and Co.'s labratory [sic], Detroit, Mich.. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Parke Davis and Co.'s labratory [sic], Detroit, Mich.

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Parke-Davis and Company's laboratory stands on the Detroit River waterfront, a site the company's Detroit operations made known far beyond Michigan. Parke, Davis & Company was founded in Detroit in the 1860s and grew into one of the largest drug manufacturers in the country, and its research laboratories drew visitors and attention as pharmaceutical science advanced. This view is an 8 by 10 inch glass dry plate negative from the Detroit Publishing Company, which photographed the city and its industries in the years around 1900 to 1910. The image shows how closely industrial buildings and shipping were tied to the river at that time.

Created / publishedc[between 1900 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesI- 65" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 070315. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsPharmaceutical industry. Laboratories. Waterfronts.United States--Michigan--Detroit.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 791 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-71902

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