Photomontage Featuring the Heinz Mustard Department, 1916

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Artifact Overview

Photographs of the H.J. Heinz factory -- including buildings, employees, and the manufacturing process -- were often taken and then modified for advertising and publications. This advertising layout features modified photographs of harvesting mustard seeds and the mustard department. The arrangement of these photos provides a visual representation of this department.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photomontage

Date Made

1916

Subject Date

1916

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

53.41.1721

Credit

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

Material

Illustration board
Ink
Paint (Coating)
Pencil (Marking material)
Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process
Handwriting
Overpainting (Technique)

Color

Sepia (Color)

Dimensions

Height: 21 in
Width: 14 in

Inscriptions

Extensive pencil notes to artist in margins.
Photomontage Featuring the Heinz Mustard Department, 1916