Process Photograph, H. J. Heinz Company, Blue Ribbon Team with 57 Varieties Cart, 1913

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Artifact Overview

Before the 1920s, the H.J. Heinz Company transported their goods by rail and horse-drawn wagons. Heinz's horse teams consisted of all-black horses except for its "Blue Ribbon Team"--a three-horse hitch with two black horses and a gray horse in the middle. This photograph used for advertisements and publications shows the Blue Ribbon Team.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

02 November 1913-03 December 1913

Subject Date

02 November 1913-03 December 1913

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

53.41.1437

Credit

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

Material

Tracing paper
illustration board
Pencil (Marking material)

Technique

Gelatin silver process
Overpainting (Technique)

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 11 in
Width: 14 in

Inscriptions

written on back: H. J. Heinz Co. / Horses & Wagon Book / Growth of a Great Industry RP [?] written on mounting: 961-311 / sq. euh [?] 3 X 1 1/2 / with driver's head silhouetted
Process Photograph, H. J. Heinz Company, Blue Ribbon Team with 57 Varieties Cart, 1913