Advertising Layout Showing a "Heinz Girl" Labeling Jars of Heinz Apple Butter, circa 1909
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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 is a female employee placing labels on the crocks of Heinz fruit butters and preserves.
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 is a female employee placing labels on the crocks of Heinz fruit butters and preserves.
Artifact
Layout (Printer matter)
Subject Date
circa 1909
Creators
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
53.41.1754
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
Overpainting (Technique)
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 13.25 in
Width: 16.5 in
Inscriptions
artists notes and measurements in margins.
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