Advertising Layout Illustration of Woman Serving Food, H. J. Heinz Company, 1920

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Artifact Overview

The H.J. Heinz Company employed ambitious and comprehensive advertising strategies to meet consumers at home, in stores, and everywhere in between. Product marketing strongly targeted housewives and women, assuring them that Heinz products were superior. These advertisements, like the one seen here, typically featured a woman purchasing, preparing, cooking, or serving Heinz products to their families.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Illustration (Layout feature)

Date Made

1920

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

53.41.456

Credit

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

Material

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

Technique

Handwriting
Mounting
Overpainting (Technique)
Watercolor painting (Technique)

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 20 in
Width: 18.75 in

Inscriptions

copyright mark in lower right corner of illustration reads: H. J. H Co 1920
Advertising Layout Illustration of Woman Serving Food, H. J. Heinz Company, 1920