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

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.