Advertising Layout Photograph of Laborers Harvesting Onions for Heinz Products, circa 1910

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Artifact Overview

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 are employees harvesting onions in an onion field.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

circa 1910

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

53.41.1751

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: 9 in
Width: 13 in

Inscriptions

various artists notes, marks, and measurements in margins.
Advertising Layout Photograph of Laborers Harvesting Onions for Heinz Products, circa 1910