Heinz Truck and Driver outside Main Plant's Time Office, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1911

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Artifact Overview

The H.J. Heinz Company had many transportation methods to transport its "57 Varieties." Cross-country shipments between factories were made by rail while local deliveries were made by teams of horses and later by automobile. In 1910, the company purchased its first gasoline-powered vehicles for deliveries, which would go on to replace all horse-drawn wagon teams by the 1920s.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1911

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

89.447.46

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Heinz U.S.A.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8 in
Width: 10 in

Inscriptions

written on back: #1911017 / Motor Truck loaded in Front / of Time Office / 1911 stamp on back: Print By / Associated Photographers, Inc. / (412) 321-4666