Advertising Layout Photograph Showing Heinz Employees Grinding Peanut Butter, circa 1912
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Before complete mechanization of the manufacturing process, many tasks at the Heinz factory were done by hand. Photographs of this process were often taken and then modified for advertising and publications. Pictured here are employees grinding peanuts to make peanut butter.
Before complete mechanization of the manufacturing process, many tasks at the Heinz factory were done by hand. Photographs of this process were often taken and then modified for advertising and publications. Pictured here are employees grinding peanuts to make peanut butter.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
circa 1912
Creators
Place of Creation
United States, New York, New York
Creator Notes
H. J. Heinz Company commissioned Bartlett-Orr Press to create this process photograph.
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
53.41.1370
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of H.J. Heinz Co.
Material
Illustration board
Paper (Fiber product)
Pencil (Marking material)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Handwriting
Mounting
Overpainting (Technique)
Color
Sepia (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 11 in
Width: 14 in
Inscriptions
various artists marks, edit notes, and measurements in margins.
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