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Company historiesAn archival plate of Eli Lilly’s still room, layered over nineteenth-century laboratory notes.The factory
in Indianapolis
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Charles F. Chandler laboratory notebook

Charles Frederick Chandler. Courtesy of Science History Institute. Public domain.

Charles F. Chandler’s laboratory notes, 1854–1855. Used as an illustration.

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Views in the Lilly Still Room

Eli Lilly and Company. Courtesy of Science History Institute. Public domain.

Views in the Lilly Still Room, from Hand Book of Pharmacy and Therapeutics, circa 1919. Used as an illustration.

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An illustrated history

The Factory in Indianapolis

A history of Eli Lilly, from its first laboratory to the modern era of biotechnology.

Also in the podcast: Eli Lilly, Part 1

From the notebook

By Deeya Kotecha

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