Grocery Store Sale Baskets of Various Heinz Products, circa 1930
THF291750 / Grocery Store Sale Baskets of Various Heinz Products, circa 1930
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Artifact Overview
The H.J. Heinz Company was at the forefront of creative marketing in the manufactured food industry. Its comprehensive advertising strategy included elaborate product displays in local grocery stores where shoppers were greeted with colorful posters and meticulously designed arrangements of canned and jarred products. This photograph shows an example of such product displays.
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
53.41.672
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: 8 in
Width: 10 in
Inscriptions
stamped on back:
From L. F. Beaudry / Commercial Photography / 519 Fifth Ave., PGH., PA.
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SetFrom Seed to Store Shelf: The Heinz Tomato’s Journey, 1900-1930
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In the early 1900s, the H.J. Heinz Company grew and processed tomatoes into a wide variety of products, including canned tomatoes and ketchup, tomato juice, and sauces and soups. These photographs follow Heinz tomatoes from seeds to fields, and factories to store shelves.