Employee Dressing Room at the H. J. Heinz Main Plant, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1904
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The H.J. Heinz Company was at the forefront of the employee welfare movement during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Employees were provided with conveniences and amenities, such as the ladies dressing room (seen here). Within the dressing room, women were provided with their own locker and had access to restrooms, showers, and even emergency hospital beds with "free services of an on-call company physician."
The H.J. Heinz Company was at the forefront of the employee welfare movement during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Employees were provided with conveniences and amenities, such as the ladies dressing room (seen here). Within the dressing room, women were provided with their own locker and had access to restrooms, showers, and even emergency hospital beds with "free services of an on-call company physician."
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1904
Creators
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
53.41.341
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of H.J. Heinz Co.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Mounting
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7.625 in
Width: 9.5 in
Inscriptions
written on back: The Heinz Establishment / Dressing room for Factory Girls
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