Advertising Layout Photograph of Employees Filling Heinz Apple Butter Orders, circa 1910
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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 female employees filling apple butter orders. While most Heinz products were sold in glass bottles or cans, fruit preserves and butters were sold in crocks.
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 female employees filling apple butter orders. While most Heinz products were sold in glass bottles or cans, fruit preserves and butters were sold in crocks.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
circa 1910
Creators
Place of Creation
United States, New York, New York
Creator Notes
Made by Bartlett-Orr Press for H. J. Heinz Company.
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
53.41.1553
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 notes, marks, and measurements in margins. written on front: Preserves - Filling Apple Butter Orders
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