Advertising Layout Photograph of Employees Operating a Variety of Can Making Machinery, April 13, 1912

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Artifact Overview

Photographs of the H.J. Heinz factory -- including buildings, employees, and the manufacturing process -- were often taken and then modified for advertising and publications. This advertising layout features several modified photographs of women operating canning machinery. This arrangement of photos is a visual representation of the department where Heinz cans are made.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

13 April 1912

Creator Notes

Made by Bartlett-Orr Press for H. J. Heinz Company.

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

53.41.1556

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of H.J. Heinz Co.

Material

Illustration board
Paper (Fiber product)
Pencil (Marking material)
Tracing Paper

Technique

Gelatin silver process
Handwriting
Mounting
Overpainting (Technique)

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 14 in
Width: 11 in

Inscriptions

various artists notes, marks, and measurements in margins.
Advertising Layout Photograph of Employees Operating a Variety of Can Making Machinery, April 13, 1912