Drawing of a Woman Serving Heinz Baked Beans to Her Family, circa 1920

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Artifact Overview

The H.J. Heinz Company employed ambitious and comprehensive advertising strategies to meet consumers at home, in stores, and everywhere in between. Product marketing strongly targeted housewives and women, assuring them that Heinz products were superior. These advertisements, like the one seen here, typically featured a woman purchasing, preparing, cooking, or serving Heinz products to their families.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Design drawing

Subject Date

circa 1920

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

53.41.481

Credit

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

Material

illustration board
Ink

Technique

Drawing (Image-making)

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 11.8125 in
Width: 13.9375 in

Inscriptions

written on back: Herbert
Drawing of a Woman Serving Heinz Baked Beans to Her Family, circa 1920