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Employees Operating a Capping Machine, H. J. Heinz Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, circa 1905

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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 shows the capping process where an employee must align individual bottles to be capped by a machine.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

circa 1905

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

53.41.651

Credit

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

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)

Technique

Gelatin silver process
Mounting

Color

Sepia (Color)

Dimensions

Height: 9.3125 in
Width: 7.4375 in