Employees Labeling and Packing Spaghetti at Heinz Main Plant in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, circa 1920

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Artifact Overview

Before complete mechanization of the manufacturing process, many tasks at the Heinz factory were done by hand. The H. J. Heinz Company documented the many departments of the manufacturing process through photographs. This photograph shows employees in the Spaghetti Department labeling and packing Heinz Cooked Spaghetti products.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

circa 1920

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

53.41.839

Credit

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

Material

Cardboard
Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process
Mounting

Color

Sepia (Color)

Dimensions

Height: 16.75 in (mount)
Width: 20 in (mount)
Height: 10.75 in (photograph)
Width: 13.75 in (photograph)

Inscriptions

written on front mount: Labeling and Packing Spaghetti