COLLECTION NAME:
WMU Regional History Photograph Collection
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WMU Regional History Photograph Collection
Collection
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Identifier:
exwa_wmup_p-0008275
identifier
exwa_wmup_p-0008275
Identifier
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Title:
Employees in the Mixing Room, Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, Michigan
title
Employees in the Mixing Room, Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, Michigan
Title
false
Date:
1945-01
date
1945-01
Date
false
Description:
Laboratory technicians behind a lab table with weighing impliments in the Mixing Center at the Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, Michigan. Employees with their date of service include, left to right, Owen Ravine (1928), Bernard Dykehouse (1921), Cecil Bowler (1919), Leo Lemmer (1941), Gerald Crowner (1935), Henry Kinkema (1941), Andrew Bos (1942), and Gilbert H. Simmonds (1930). Employees represented 95 years of service. Employees wear white shirts and pants with bakers caps. The Upjohn Company was a pharmaceutical manufacturing firm founded in 1886 by Dr. William E. Upjohn. The company was originally formed to make friable pills, which were specifically designed to be easily digested. In 1995, Upjohn merged with Pharmacia AB to form Pharmacia & Upjohn, and was later owned by Pfizer.
description
Laboratory technicians behind a lab table with weighing impliments in the Mixing Center at the Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, Michigan. Employees with their date of service include, left to right, Owen Ravine (1928), Bernard Dykehouse (1921), Cecil Bowler (1919), Leo Lemmer (1941), Gerald Crowner (1935), Henry Kinkema (1941), Andrew Bos (1942), and Gilbert H. Simmonds (1930). Employees represented 95 years of service. Employees wear white shirts and pants with bakers caps. The Upjohn Company was a pharmaceutical manufacturing firm founded in 1886 by Dr. William E. Upjohn. The company was originally formed to make friable pills, which were specifically designed to be easily digested. In 1995, Upjohn merged with Pharmacia AB to form Pharmacia & Upjohn, and was later owned by Pfizer.
Description
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Person:
Ravine, Owen
person
Ravine, Owen
Person
false
Person:
Dykehouse, Bernard, 1900-1993
person
Dykehouse, Bernard, 1900-1993
Person
false
Person:
Bowler, Cecil
person
Bowler, Cecil
Person
false
Person:
Lemmer, Leo A., 1912-2001
person
Lemmer, Leo A., 1912-2001
Person
false
Person:
Crowner, Gerald
person
Crowner, Gerald
Person
false
Person:
Gerald Elliot, 1905-1989
person
Gerald Elliot, 1905-1989
Person
false
Person:
Kinkema, Henry J., 1914-2009
person
Kinkema, Henry J., 1914-2009
Person
false
Person:
Bos, Andrew J., 1918-2012
person
Bos, Andrew J., 1918-2012
Person
false
Person:
Simmonds, Gilbert H., 1897-1970
person
Simmonds, Gilbert H., 1897-1970
Person
false
Subject:
Upjohn Company
subject
Upjohn Company
Subject
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Subject:
Pharmaceutical industry--Michigan--Kalamazoo
subject
Pharmaceutical industry--Michigan--Kalamazoo
Subject
false
Subject:
Chemical laboratories--Michigan--Kalamazoo
subject
Chemical laboratories--Michigan--Kalamazoo
Subject
false
Subject:
Upjohn Company--Uniforms
subject
Upjohn Company--Uniforms
Subject
false
Subject:
Laboratory technicians--Michigan--Kalamazoo
subject
Laboratory technicians--Michigan--Kalamazoo
Subject
false
Subject:
Male employees--Michigan--Kalamazoo
subject
Male employees--Michigan--Kalamazoo
Subject
false
Subject:
caps (headgear)
subject
caps (headgear)
Subject
false
Location:
Kalamazoo (Mich.)
coverage_spatial
Kalamazoo (Mich.)
Location
false
Time Period:
1940 - 1949
time_period_
1940 - 1949
Time Period
false
Source:
4.75 x 3 in. sepia gray print, WMU Photograph Collection, P-0008275
source
4.75 x 3 in. sepia gray print, WMU Photograph Collection, P-0008275
Source
false
Collection:
Western Michigan University Regional History Photograph Collection
collection
Western Michigan University Regional History Photograph Collection
Collection
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Publisher:
Western Michigan University
publisher
Western Michigan University
Publisher
false
Digital Date:
2020
digitization_date
2020
Digital Date
false
Rights:
This material is protected by copyright. Copyright held by Western Michigan University, all rights reserved. For additional information, please contact the Western Michigan University Archives, Kalamazoo, MI 49008
Type:
image
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image
Type
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Box Barcode:
31141024381209
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31141024381209
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