Sam Jabolsky Grocery Store Display of Heinz Products, Kansas City, Missouri, circa 1930

Artifact Overview

H. J. Heinz was at the forefront of creative marketing in the manufactured food industry. He developed a comprehensive advertising strategy that included elaborate product displays in local grocery stores. Shoppers were greeted with colorful posters and meticulously designed floor-to-ceiling pyramids of canned and jarred products created by Heinz salespeople.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

circa 1930

Creators

Collection Title

H. J. Heinz Company Collection

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

53.41.243

Credit

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

Material

Linen (Material)
Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process
Mounting

Color

Sepia (Color)

Dimensions

Height: 9.75 in
Width: 7.75 in

Inscriptions

written on back: INTERIOR DISPLAY/ SAM TABOLSKY/ ARMOUR AND TROOST, K.C. MO.

Keywords	United States, Missouri, Kansas City Interior views Photographic prints Photographs Advertising H.J. Heinz Company Grocery stores Marketing Merchandise displays Posters