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
Place of Creation
Collection Title
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
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