Employees in Preserves Department of Main Plant, H. J. Heinz Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, circa 1920
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Before complete mechanization of the manufacturing process, many tasks at the Heinz factory were done by hand. The H.J. Heinz Company documented the many departments of the manufacturing process through photographs. This photograph shows employees in the Preserves Department. Instead of glass jars or bottles, fruit preserves and butters were sold in stoneware crocks.
Before complete mechanization of the manufacturing process, many tasks at the Heinz factory were done by hand. The H.J. Heinz Company documented the many departments of the manufacturing process through photographs. This photograph shows employees in the Preserves Department. Instead of glass jars or bottles, fruit preserves and butters were sold in stoneware crocks.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
circa 1920
Creators
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
53.41.2211
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of H.J. Heinz Co.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Cardboard
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Mounting
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7.4375 in
Width: 9.4375 in
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