Advertising Layout of Heinz Products, Farm Field and Employees in Background, circa 1909

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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. Drawings, illustrations and modified photographs of Heinz products were often used for advertising and in publications. This advertising layout represents a step in the marketing process where the size and arrangement are taken into consideration before the final advertisement is created.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

circa 1909

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

53.41.1781

Credit

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

Material

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

Technique

Gelatin silver process
Overpainting (Technique)

Color

Sepia (Color)

Dimensions

Height: 14.25 in
Width: 11 in

Inscriptions

artists notes and measurements written in margins. written on back: H. J. Heinz Co. / Box 65-39 / 961-40 / Page 2 - Frontispiece