Visitors' Escort Ann Knoll outside Heinz House at the Heinz Plant in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, November 1952
THF236984 / Visitors' Escort Ann Knoll outside Heinz House at the Heinz Plant in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, November 1952
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Artifact Overview
Enterprising Henry J. Heinz began his successful business by bottling horseradish in the basement of his parents' home in Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania. In 1904, the house was relocated to the H. J. Heinz main plant in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In this photograph, a "visitors' escort" (a tour guide of the facilities) holds a large display bottle while standing on the steps of the Heinz House in Pittsburgh.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
November 1952
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
EI.1929.634
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of H.J. Heinz Co.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 10.00 in
Width: 8.25 in
Inscriptions
on press release:
From: Ketchum, MacLeod & Grove, Inc., / Robert P. Lytle / 411 Seventh Avenue - Pittsburgh 19, Pa.
For: H J. Heinz Company
FOR RELEASE FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1952
H. J. Heinz founded his business in 1869. The small two-story home, now standing amid the company's modern factory buildings at Pittsburgh, is to be moved to famed Greenfield Village at Dearborn, Michigan. A visitors' escort, Miss Ann Knoll, is shown above carrying an early display piece from the little house. The current building and expansion program of the company necessitates the moving of the home, which has been a familiar sight to millions of visitors to the Heinz plant here.
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