Woman Using Time Clock at the Main Plant, H. J. Heinz Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1911

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Artifact Overview

Employees at the H.J. Heinz Company main plant in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, began and ended their workdays in the Time Office. Henry Heinz himself worked to design and construct this building, referred to by the company as "a combination of elegance, splendor and beauty." Here you can see the row of time clocks where employees would check in and out for work each day.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1911

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

89.447.40

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Heinz U.S.A.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8.125 in
Width: 10 in

Inscriptions

written on back sticker: Girl Registering Time in Time Office - 1911