Advertising Layout Photograph of Employees Filling Tins with Heinz Oven-Baked Beans, November 14, 1921

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Artifact Overview

Before complete mechanization of the manufacturing process, many tasks at the Heinz factory were done by hand. Photographs of this process were often taken and then modified for advertising and publications. Pictured here are employees filling tins of oven-baked beans.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

14 November 1921

Creator Notes

Made by Bartlett-Orr Press for H. J. Heinz Company.

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

53.41.1784

Credit

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

Material

Illustration board
Paper (Fiber product)
Pencil (Marking material)
Tracing Paper

Technique

Gelatin silver process
Handwriting
Matting (Supporting)
Overpainting (Technique)

Color

Sepia (Color)

Dimensions

Height: 11 in
Width: 14 in

Inscriptions

various artists notes, marks, and measurements in margins. written on front: Automatically filling tins with oven-baked beans. written on back: p - 8 - Story of the 57 - [?] - 1922