Advertising Layout Photograph Showing Heinz Employees Filling Bottles of Tomato Ketchup, April 29, 1912
THF292964 / Advertising Layout Photograph Showing Heinz Employees Filling Bottles of Tomato Ketchup, April 29, 1912 / 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 filling bottles with ketchup.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
29 April 1912
Place of Creation
Creator Notes
H. J. Heinz Company commissioned Bartlett-Orr Press to create this process photograph.
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
53.41.1334
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of H.J. Heinz Co.
Material
Illustration board
Paper (Fiber product)
Pencil (Marking material)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Handwriting
Mounting
Overpainting (Technique)
Color
Sepia (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 11 in
Width: 14 in
Inscriptions
various artists marks, edit notes, and measurements in margins.
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Related Content
SetFrom Seed to Store Shelf: The Heinz Tomato’s Journey, 1900-1930
- 16 Artifacts
In the early 1900s, the H.J. Heinz Company grew and processed tomatoes into a wide variety of products, including canned tomatoes and ketchup, tomato juice, and sauces and soups. These photographs follow Heinz tomatoes from seeds to fields, and factories to store shelves.