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- [Announcer] This Indiana
Bicentennial Minute

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is made possible by the
Indiana Historical Society

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and the law firm of Krieg DevVult.

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- [Narrator] It's 1876.

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38 year old Civil War
veteran Colonel Eli Lilly

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starts a small drug manufacturing business

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in Indianapolis with four employees

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including his 14 year old son, J.K.

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Second year sales are $11,000 and growing.

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When Colonel Lilly dies
in 1898, J.K. takes over.

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And by 1905, sales hit $1,000,000.

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The company help mass
produce insulin, penicillin,

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the Salk polio vaccine, and introduces

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biosynthetic insulin, Prozac, and more.

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Today with $20,000,000,000
in annual sales,

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Eli Lilly and Company employs
41,000 people worldwide.

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Still headquartered in Indianapolis

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where Colonel Lilly started it all.

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I'm Jane Pauley with this
Indiana Bicentennial Minute.

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(peaceful music)

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- [Announcer] Made possible by the

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Indiana Historical Society

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and the law firm of Krieg DevVult.