Employees Hanging Spaghetti on Drying Racks at Main Plant, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, H. J. Heinz Company, circa 1910

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Artifact Overview

Before complete mechanization of the manufacturing process, many tasks at the Heinz factory were done by hand. The H. J. Heinz Company documented the many departments of the manufacturing process through photographs. This photograph shows employees in the Spaghetti Department hanging spaghetti on drying racks.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

circa 1910

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

53.41.659

Credit

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

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Sepia (Color)

Dimensions

Height: 7.75 in
Width: 7.0625 in