Heinz Blue Ribbon Team at Pittsburgh Horse Show, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1897

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Artifact Overview

Before the 1920s, the H.J. Heinz Company transported their goods by rail and by horse-drawn wagons. Heinz's horse teams consisted of all-black horses with the exception of the "Blue Ribbon Team" -- a three-teamed wagon drawn by two black horses with a gray horse in the middle. This photograph from 1897 shows the Blue Ribbon Team at a horse show.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1897

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

53.41.1222

Credit

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

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Cardboard

Technique

Gelatin silver process
Mounting

Color

Sepia (Color)

Dimensions

Height: 8.125 in
Width: 9.75 in

Inscriptions

written on mat surface below image: Rinaldo. Leander. Mephisto / Blue Ribbon, Pittsburgh Horse Show, 1897. written on back: CROP / 41 PICA BLOCK / Blue Ribbon Three Horse-Team / of 1897 / 57 News