Advertising Layout Photograph of Heinz Employees Sorting Strawberries on Inventory Day, circa 1910
THF292782 / Advertising Layout Photograph of Heinz Employees Sorting Strawberries on Inventory Day, circa 1910 / inside
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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 are employees sorting strawberries to be used in Heinz fruit preserves.
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
53.41.1770
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of H.J. Heinz Co.
Material
Illustration board
Paper (Fiber product)
Pencil (Marking material)
Tracing Paper
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.
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