Advertising Layout of Heinz Vinegar Products, circa 1935

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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

Photographic print

Subject Date

circa 1935

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

53.41.571

Credit

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

Material

Illustration board
Pencil (Marking material)

Technique

Gelatin silver process
Handwriting
Mounting
Overpainting (Technique)

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 9.875 in
Width: 6.625 in

Inscriptions

various artists notes, marks, and measurements in margins and on back.