Photomontage Showing Heinz Employees Processing Olives at the Heinz Factory in Seville, Spain, June 17, 1909
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Artifact Overview
Photographs of the H.J. Heinz factory -- including buildings, employees, and the manufacturing process -- were often taken and then modified for advertising and publications. This advertising layout features several modified photographs of the olive processing facility in Seville, Spain. The arrangement of these photos, featured in the catalog, "Home of the 57 Varieties," is a visual representation of how Heinz olive products are made.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photomontage
Subject Date
17 June 1909
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
53.41.1809
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
Handwriting
Overpainting (Technique)
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 16 in
Width: 28 in
Inscriptions
various artists marks, notes and measurements in the margins.
written on cover sheet:
p-15 Salesman Cat.
written on layout:
Heinz Olive Factory in Seville, Spain / An Olive Orchard / Seville / Olive Oil Plant / Seville / Receiving Olives / Heinz Plant / Seville / Crushing & Preserving Olives / Packing oil for shipment to Pittsburgh / Olive Crush & Oil Press / Bottling Olives / Interior Heinz Plant / Seville / Bringing in the Crops / Harvesting Olives / Receiving Olives / Heinz Plant Seville
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