Heinz Advertising Layout, "Good Things for Desserts," 1921

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Artifact Overview

The H.J. Heinz Company employed ambitious and comprehensive advertising strategies to meet consumers at home, in stores, and everywhere in between. Drawings, illustrations and modified photographs of Heinz products were often used for advertising and in publications. This advertising layout represents a step in the marketing process where the size and arrangement are taken into consideration before the final advertisement is created.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Layout (Printer matter)

Subject Date

1921

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

53.41.1463

Credit

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

Material

Illustration board
Ink
Paint (Coating)
Pencil (Marking material)

Technique

Gelatin silver process
Mounting
Overpainting (Technique)

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 18.375 in
Width: 13.125 in

Inscriptions

advertisement reads: Good Things / for Deserts / 57 / H. J. Heinz Co. Pencil notes in margins. stamp on back reads: Amco / illustration board / double thick / American Blue Print Co., Inc. / New York. written on back: Ladies Home Journal - Dec. 1921 / Saturday Evening Post - Nov. 19, 1921 / Youth's Companion - Nov. 19, 1921 / Good Hosuekeeping - Dec. 1921 / 9 3/4" x 12 1/8"
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