Advertising Layout, H. J. Heinz Company Factory Building and Workers, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, July 29, 1908

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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 female employees processing pickles. The arrangement of these photos is meant to provide a visual representation of the building and the pickle department where processing occurs.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

29 July 1908

Subject Date

1908

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

53.41.1758

Credit

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

Material

illustration board
Tracing Paper

Technique

Gelatin silver process
Overpainting (Technique)
Mounting

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 15 in
Width: 19 in

Inscriptions

Written on back: Preparing Vegetables 1908