Advertising Layout Photograph of Employees Filling Heinz Apple Butter Orders, circa 1910
THF292751 / Advertising Layout Photograph of Employees Filling Heinz Apple Butter Orders, 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. Photographs of this process were often taken and then modified for advertising and publications. Pictured here female employees filling apple butter orders. While most Heinz products were sold in glass bottles or cans, fruit preserves and butters were sold in crocks.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
circa 1910
Place of Creation
Creator Notes
Made by Bartlett-Orr Press for H. J. Heinz Company.
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
53.41.1553
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
Handwriting
Mounting
Overpainting (Technique)
Color
Sepia (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 11 in
Width: 14 in
Inscriptions
various artists notes, marks, and measurements in margins.
written on front:
Preserves - Filling Apple Butter Orders
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SetHeinz Apples
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Entrepreneur H.J. Heinz recognized that producing high-quality products began with growing the best ingredients. He managed every aspect of the process from seed selection to harvest to ensure that only the best ingredients became Heinz pickled foods, preserves, and condiments. This photograph, apple crates are loaded onto horse-drawn carts to be transported to the factory for processing.