H. J. Heinz Company Exhibit at the Toronto Industrial Fair, Toronto, Ontario, 1900
THF292072 / H. J. Heinz Company Exhibit at the Toronto Industrial Fair, Toronto, Ontario, 1900
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Artifact Overview
In addition to the great World's Fair exhibits, the H. J. Heinz Company displayed their products at regional fairs and expositions. These exhibits generally included product displays, free product samples, promotional pamphlets, slide shows of the Heinz plant in Pittsburgh, and pickle-pin souvenirs--all set in a refined drawing-room atmosphere.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1900
Creators
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
53.41.696
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of H.J. Heinz Co.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Cardboard
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Mounting
Color
Sepia (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 12 in (including mat)
Width: 10.75 in (including mat)
Inscriptions
written on front:
Toronto Industrial Fair, 1900.
written on back:
Toronto Exhibit. 1900. / Pyramid 12' square, 18-1/2' high, 33" cylinder jar on top. / Color of pyramid, white. Gilt mouldings. Decorations, silk flags / Union Jack and Stars and Stripes. Apple green ribbons on necks of / jars. Pale pink streamers at corners. / Counters 18' wide, 22 X 26', mahogany finish. Outside of counter / trimmed in red, white, and blue. White background, red quilled / stripes, draping, navy blue. / One dozen live palms, Pots covered with pink crape paper, / used in decorating.
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