Kenner Grocery Store Display of Heinz Products, Toledo, Ohio, circa 1930

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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

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

53.41.225

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

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 7.8125 in
Width: 10 in

Inscriptions

written on back: KENNER TOLEDO/ ORDR H80.00/SOLD 3200 PKG/ REPEAT NEARLY ENTIRE ORDER END OF SALE.