Heinz Advertising Layout Illustration of a Woman Tossing a Salad, 1919

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Artifact Overview

The H.J. Heinz Company employed ambitious and comprehensive advertising strategies to meet consumers at home, in stores, and everywhere in between. Product marketing strongly targeted housewives and women, assuring them that Heinz products were superior. These advertisements, like the one seen here, typically featured a woman purchasing, preparing, cooking, or serving Heinz products to their families.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Illustration (Layout feature)

Subject Date

1919

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

53.41.1712

Credit

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

Material

Illustration board
Ink wash

Technique

Drawing (Image-making)
Matting (Supporting)

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 24.5 in
Width: 21.5 in

Inscriptions

written on image: will / send / copy / of this [Heinz product bottle]
Heinz Advertising Layout Illustration of a Woman Tossing a Salad, 1919