H. J. Heinz Co. Booth at the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, 1893
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The H.J. Heinz Company boasted the largest of the commercial food exhibits at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The company's exhibit included product displays; free product samples; an assortment of art objects, antiquities, and curiosities; and -- most popular -- green watch-chain charms in the shape of pickles. These would soon after be made as pins.
The H.J. Heinz Company boasted the largest of the commercial food exhibits at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The company's exhibit included product displays; free product samples; an assortment of art objects, antiquities, and curiosities; and -- most popular -- green watch-chain charms in the shape of pickles. These would soon after be made as pins.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1893
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
53.41.986
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of H.J. Heinz Co.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 9.5 in
Width: 7.375 in
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