Heinz Delivery Truck at Main Plant, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1919

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Artifact Overview

The H.J. Heinz Company had many transportation methods to transport its "57 Varieties." Cross-country shipments between factories were made by rail while local deliveries were made by teams of horses and later by automobile. In 1910, the company purchased its first gasoline-powered vehicles for deliveries, which would go on to replace all horse-drawn wagon teams by the 1920s.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1919

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

89.447.31

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Heinz U.S.A.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8.125 in
Width: 10 in

Inscriptions

written on back on sticker: Photo: #1919001 / Picture: Truck #333 / Date: 1919 watermark on back reads: This paper / manufactured / by Kodak