H. J. Heinz Company Collection

The H.J. Heinz Company Collection, 1874-1990, contains photographic prints, advertising layouts, publications, sales training and employee information, product shipping records, photograph albums, scrapbooks, and account books that document the history of the company, the products its produced, and the family history of the founder.

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Archival Collection Overview

Historical Note

Henry John Heinz (1844-1919), a pioneer in the food processing industry, established Heinz, Noble & Co. in 1869 with partner L. Clarence Noble to make and sell processed foods. Horseradish was the company’s first product of a quickly expanding line. As the business grew, the company headquarters moved from Sharpsburg to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. However, financial difficulties forced company bankruptcy in 1875.

The following year, Henry J. Heinz established a new company, the F & J He...

Scope and Content Note

The H.J. HEINZ COMPANY COLLECTION (46.15 cubic ft.) documents the company’s product development, advertising campaigns, and related public relations activities. The collection of textual and graphic materials includes photographic prints, advertisement, advertising layouts, ledgers, corporate publications, and salesmen’s manuals. Related trade catalogs, trade cards, and recipe booklets are located within other collections of like materials in the Benson Ford Research Center’s collectio...

Collection Details

Object ID

53.41.0

Creators

H.J. Heinz Company

Inclusive Dates

1874-1990

Bulk Dates

1900-1935

Size

46.15 cubic ft. (66 boxes, 27 volumes, and 1 framed item)

Language

English

Item Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of H.J. Heinz Co.

Keywords	Account books Advertisements Awards Correspondence Inventories Labels (Identifying artifacts) Manuals (Instructional materials) Paintings (Visual works) Photographic prints Posters Programs (Documents) Recipes Scrapbooks Tear sheets Advertising Agriculture Banquets (Feasts) Bottles Congresses and conventions Display of merchandise Dwellings Employees Executives Exhibitions (Events) Farms Food industry and trade Fruit Harvesting Ketchup Pickles Sales personnel Schools (Institutions) Signs and signboards Spaghetti Stables (Animal housing) Trucking Vans (Cargo vehicles) Vegetables Vinegar Wagons (Cargo vehicles) Women employees World War, 1939-1945

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H. J. Heinz Company Collection

Archival Collection Overview

Historical Note

Scope and Content Note

Collection Details

Digitized Artifacts From This Collection

Heinz Float for the Sound Money Political Parade in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 31, 1896

"The Sixtieth Birthday of This Man's Idea," Heinz Company Advertisement, November 9, 1929

Table Display of Heinz Products, circa 1930

Employee Moving Boxes of H. J. Heinz Cream of Tomato Soup, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, circa 1920

"The Sun-Kissed Flavor of Old Gardens," Heinz Company Advertisement, March 8, 1930

O. C. Bedell Grocery Store, Floor Display of Heinz Products, Newton, Ohio, circa 1930

Sam Joseph Grocery Store Display of Heinz Products, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1929

Employee Working at Heinz Glass Factory, Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania, 1885-1910

Heinz Company Advertisement, "From the Gardens of the World, to the Tables of the World," November 1924