Advertising Layout for Heinz Preserved Fruits, April 26, 1921

THF292276 / Advertising Layout for Heinz Preserved Fruits, April 26, 1921
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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

Illustration (Layout feature)

Subject Date

26 April 1912

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

53.41.1584

Credit

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

Material

Illustration board
Ink
Paint (Coating)
Pencil (Marking material)

Technique

Gelatin silver process
Mounting
Overpainting (Technique)

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 14 in
Width: 11 in

Inscriptions

pencil notes and measurements in margins and on cover sheet.
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