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Employees in Preserves Department of Main Plant, H. J. Heinz Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, circa 1920

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Artifact Overview

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 Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

circa 1920

Location

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