GEM Grocery Company Display of Heinz Products, Topeka, Kansas, circa 1930
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Artifact Overview
H. J. Heinz was at the forefront of creative marketing in the manufactured food industry. He developed a comprehensive advertising strategy that included elaborate product displays in local grocery stores. Shoppers were greeted with colorful posters and meticulously designed floor-to-ceiling pyramids of canned and jarred products created by Heinz salespeople.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
circa 1930
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
53.41.246
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of H.J. Heinz Co.
Material
Linen (Material)
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Mounting
Color
Sepia (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 11.125 in
Width: 8 in
Inscriptions
written on back:
GEM GROCERY COMPANY / TOPEKA, KANSAS / KC BRANCH.
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