Photomontage Showing Heinz Employee Facilities, circa 1910

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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 modified photographs of employee facilities. The H. J. Heinz Company was an industry leader in employee welfare. This arrangement of photos promotes the wash and leisure rooms available to the employees during work hours.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photomontage

Subject Date

circa 1910

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

53.41.1798

Credit

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

Material

Illustration board
Ink
Paint (Coating)
Pencil (Marking material)

Technique

Gelatin silver process
Handwriting
Mounting
Overpainting (Technique)

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 22 in
Width: 18.25 in

Inscriptions

various artists marks, notes and measurements in the margins.