H. J. Heinz at Heinz Company's Travelers Convention in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1888
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Artifact Overview
To promote his products to grocery stores and individual households, H.J. Heinz employed salespeople, referred to as "Travelers." Travelers were trained in product knowledge and attended conventions to learn new sales techniques. They also designed and built point-of-sale displays in grocery stores and set up demonstration tables for sampling the products. This photograph shows Travelers at a convention in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1888
Creators
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
53.41.1192.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of H.J. Heinz Co.
Material
Cardboard
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Mounting
Overpainting (Technique)
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 14 in
Width: 15.5 in
Inscriptions
written on front mount [unidentified order of names, however, H. J. Heinz is shown in the middle holding a Heinz product]:
H. J. Heinz Co. Travelers Convention, 1888. / 1 - H. J. Heinz, 2 - S. Mueller, 3 - N. G. Woodside, 4 - J. N. Jeffares, 5 - C. E. Dalzell, 6 - A. Winterhalter, 7 - C. J. Sutphen, 8 - C. H. Muehlman, 9 - J. X. Buchanan, 10 - C. Volkman, 11 - Arthur Gude, 12 - Mr. Jaburg, 13 - Wm. Probert, 14 - S. Schmeltz, 15 - Ed. White, 16 - H. H. Downes, 17 - W. P. Kuipers, 18 - G. H. Prager, 19 - O. A. Burroughs, 20 - H. W. Wood, 21 - H. F. Dunhan, 22 - R. Hoffman, 23 - J. T. Ross, 24 - J. H. Finney, 25 - M. Raible, 26 - H. G. McCune, 27 - S. A. Wilson, 28 - Chas. Patterson, 29 - J. Unis, 30 - J. C. Black, 31 - Geo. Puhl, 32 - W. B. Marcell, 33 - C. Breitweiser, 34 - D. T. Edwards, 35 - S. H. Strayer
written on back:
The 57 News
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