Advertising Layout Photographs of Heinz Employees Packing Olive Oil Products, circa 1909

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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 packing olive oil products.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

circa 1909

Creator Notes

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

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

53.41.1778

Credit

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

Material

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

Technique

Gelatin silver process
Handwriting
Mounting
Overpainting (Technique)

Color

Sepia (Color)

Dimensions

Height: 16.125 in
Width: 8 in

Inscriptions

various artists notes, marks, and measurements in margins. written on front: page 12