The First Heinz Tomato Ketchup Shipment of Year for the Bowling Green, Ohio Factory, 1923
THF291616 / The First Heinz Tomato Ketchup Shipment of Year for the Bowling Green, Ohio Factory, 1923
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Artifact Overview
Before complete mechanization of the manufacturing process, many tasks at the Heinz factory were done by hand. The H.J. Heinz Company documented the many departments of the manufacturing process through photographs. This photograph was taken at the Bowling Green, Ohio, factory to document the year's first shipment of ketchup in 1923.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1923
Creators
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
53.41.604
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of H.J. Heinz Co.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7.8125 in
Width: 9.75 in
Inscriptions
written on back:
The first Ketchup of 1923 going into / the Bins at Bowling Green
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In the early 1900s, the H.J. Heinz Company grew and processed tomatoes into a wide variety of products, including canned tomatoes and ketchup, tomato juice, and sauces and soups. These photographs follow Heinz tomatoes from seeds to fields, and factories to store shelves.