Duffy & Sankie Grocery Store Display of Heinz Products, Tiffin, Ohio, circa 1930

THF291714 / Duffy & Sankie Grocery Store Display of Heinz Products, Tiffin, Ohio, 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

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

53.41.240

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: 7.625 in
Width: 11.125 in

Inscriptions

written on back: DUFFY AND SANKIE - TIFFIN. / ONE OF 8 ORDERS OF H25.00 EACH, / WHOLE TOWN CUT US OUT OF 2 YRS / HOTEL ROOM / SALE OF 1 WEEK - 3781 PKGS / CPW - -REED - 3700 PKGS. stamped on back: G. Gentry Briihl / Commercial photographer / 210 So. Washington St. / Tiffin, Ohio
Duffy & Sankie Grocery Store Display of Heinz Products, Tiffin, Ohio, circa 1930