African-American man with horse at Lilly Biological Laboratories, Greenfield, Indiana, 1918

Description:	An African-American man holds the reins of a horse at the Lilly Biological Laboratories west of Greenfield. They pose in front of a tower with a red tile roof and a sign for Lilly. A handwritten note on the back reads Eli Lilly, Greenfield.Image number 63615 indicates that this was photographed in 1918. According to the labs National Register of Historic Places nomination, architect Robert Frost Daggett designed the Spanish Revival-style structure that was built in 1913-1914 to manufacture antitoxins, serums, vaccines and other medicines for diseases such as dipheria, smallpox, scarlet fever, rabies, tetanus, and influenza. The tower was flanked by stalls that held innoculated horses and other animals whose blood serum was used for treatment and other research.
Origin:	1918
Created By:	William H. Bass Photo Company, Indianapolis, Indiana
Source:	http://indianaalbum.pastperfectonline.com/photo/F9BEDCA2-4EE6-4D07-A4F7-581318902702
Collection:	Indiana Album
Rights:	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Geography:	2001 West Main Street, Greenfield, Hancock County, Indiana, United States 39.780897,-85.797520
Subjects:	Ray Hinz Collection Horses Towers African Americans Pharmaceutical industry Research facilities Eli Lilly and Company Greenfield (Ind.) Hancock County (Ind.)

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