Reception Room in the Heinz Exhibition Building, Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, California, September 24, 1915

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Artifact Overview

The H. J. Heinz Company participated in world's fairs, regional fairs and expositions. Heinz exhibits included product displays and samples, slide shows of the Heinz complex in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and pickle-pin souvenirs--all set in a refined drawing-room atmosphere. This photograph features the reception room for the Heinz exhibition building at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, California, in 1915.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

24 September 1915

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

53.41.603

Credit

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

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Sepia (Color)

Dimensions

Height: 7.75 in
Width: 9.75 in

Inscriptions

written on back: 9/24/15 / South view of reception room, / Heinz Exhibit / Panama - Pacific Exposition, San Francisco stamp on back: Exhibit 57 varieties / food products building / P.P.I.E. San Francisco
Reception Room in the Heinz Exhibition Building, Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, California, September 24, 1915