Advertising Layout Photograph Showing the Heinz Employee Cafeteria, November 25, 1907

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Artifact Overview

Photographs of the H.J. Heinz factories -- including buildings, employees, transportation methods, and the manufacturing process -- were often taken and then modified for advertising and publications. This advertising layout features a modified photograph of the women's employee dining room, one of the areas of the factory designated for employee recreation and fellowship.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

25 November 1907

Creator Notes

H. J. Heinz Company commissioned Bartlett-Orr Press to create this process photograph.

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

53.41.1436

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

Gelatin silver process
Handwriting
Mounting
Overpainting (Technique)

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 11 in
Width: 14 in

Inscriptions

various artists marks, edit notes, and measurements in margins.