Advertising Layout Photograph Showing the Heinz Employee Auditorium and Recreation Room, October 6, 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 a Christmas party in the auditorium, women in the recreation room, and the customer sampling room.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

06 October 1909

Creator Notes

H. J. Heinz Company commissioned Bartlett-Orr Press to create this process photograph.

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

53.41.1430

Credit

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

Material

Illustration board
Paint (Coating)
Paper (Fiber product)
Pencil (Marking material)

Technique

Gelatin silver process
Handwriting
Mounting
Overpainting (Technique)

Color

Sepia (Color)

Dimensions

Height: 14 in
Width: 17 in

Inscriptions

various artists marks, edit notes, and measurements in margins.