Photomontage Showing H. J. Heinz Company Foreign Agencies, May 22, 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 foreign Heinz branch factories. This arrangement of photos was featured in the catalog, "Home of the 57 Varieties."

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photomontage

Subject Date

22 May 1909

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

53.41.1813

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
Overpainting (Technique)

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 28 in
Width: 22 in

Inscriptions

written on cover sheet: p 22 Salesmans Cat. - 1910 written on layout: Administration building / reception - rotunda / main staircase / p. 4 / General Office
Photomontage Showing H. J. Heinz Company Foreign Agencies, May 22, 1909