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Making Cream of Tomato Soup at the H. J. Heinz Company, 1921

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Artifact Overview

Before complete mechanization of the manufacturing process, many tasks at the Heinz factory were done by hand. The H.J. Heinz Company documented the many departments of the manufacturing process through photographs. This photograph shows employees adding ingredients to make Heinz's Cream of Tomato Soup.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1921

Place of Creation

Creator Notes

The photographer is unidentified.

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

89.447.44

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: 10 in
Width: 8 in

Making Cream of Tomato Soup at the H. J. Heinz Company, 1921