Parkedale Laboratories, Parke-Davis, Rochester, Michigan - Vaccine Production Buildings

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postcard, pharmacy
postcard, pharmacy

Object Details

maker

Dexter Press Inc.

Description

Color postcard showing an aerial photograph of the Parke Davis Company's Parkedale Laboratories in Rochester, Michigan. Photo caption on back of postcard reads: "Parkedale Laboratories / Parke-Davis / Rochester, Michigan / New buildings have been added to our facilities at Parkedale, Rochester, Michigan, to centralize development of Biologicals and to provide isolation of areas for Polio and Adenovirus vaccines." Printed by Dexter Press, Inc., West Nyack, New York, number 72334-B.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of William H. Helfand

date made

late 1950s - early 1960s

ID Number

1992.3127.49

nonaccession number

1992.3127

catalog number

1992.3127.49

Object Name

advertisement, vaccines

postcard, pharmaceutical company

Physical Description

paper (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 3 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in; 8.89 cm x 13.97 cm

place made

United States: New York, West Nyack

place depicted

United States: Michigan, Rochester

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Medicine and Science: Medicine

The Antibody Initiative

Health & Medicine

Antibody Initiative: Polio

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-6902-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_1756669