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	Employee at Parke-Davis & Co. mixing powders for pills, c. 1928. Detroit’s Parke-Davis & Co. has been one of the nation’s premier pharmaceutical companies since its inception in 1870. Regarded by many as a pioneer in its field, it built America’s first pharmaceutical research laboratory, and was one of the first major employers of women in Detroit.