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- Dill Pickles Curing at the Lagman Branch, H. J. Heinz Company, circa 1915 - H.J. Heinz recognized that the best products were made by selecting the best ingredients grown in optimal environments. Heinz sought out the best locations for each of his ingredients, including cucumbers for pickles. This photograph shows barrels of dill pickles curing in vinegar.
- circa 1915
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Dill Pickles Curing at the Lagman Branch, H. J. Heinz Company, circa 1915
H.J. Heinz recognized that the best products were made by selecting the best ingredients grown in optimal environments. Heinz sought out the best locations for each of his ingredients, including cucumbers for pickles. This photograph shows barrels of dill pickles curing in vinegar.
- Preparing Harvested Tomatoes for Shipping, H. J. Heinz Company, circa 1910 - Entrepreneur H.J. Heinz recognized that producing high-quality products began with growing the best ingredients. He managed every aspect of the process. This photograph shows laborers sorting damaged fruit into barrels and packing higher quality tomatoes into baskets for shipment. This ensured the best ingredients for his line of picked foods, preserves, and condiments.
- circa 1910
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Preparing Harvested Tomatoes for Shipping, H. J. Heinz Company, circa 1910
Entrepreneur H.J. Heinz recognized that producing high-quality products began with growing the best ingredients. He managed every aspect of the process. This photograph shows laborers sorting damaged fruit into barrels and packing higher quality tomatoes into baskets for shipment. This ensured the best ingredients for his line of picked foods, preserves, and condiments.
- An Onion Field, H. J. Heinz Company, circa 1920 - Entrepreneur H.J. Heinz recognized that producing high-quality products began with growing the best ingredients. He managed every aspect of the process from seed selection to harvest to ensure that only the best ingredients became Heinz pickled foods, preserves, and condiments. This photograph shows an onion field where onions used in Heinz products were grown.
- circa 1920
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An Onion Field, H. J. Heinz Company, circa 1920
Entrepreneur H.J. Heinz recognized that producing high-quality products began with growing the best ingredients. He managed every aspect of the process from seed selection to harvest to ensure that only the best ingredients became Heinz pickled foods, preserves, and condiments. This photograph shows an onion field where onions used in Heinz products were grown.
- Tomatoes Coming into the H. J. Heinz Main Plant, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, circa 1920 - Entrepreneur H.J. Heinz recognized that producing the highest quality products began with where the ingredients were grown and how they were harvested. He took great care in managing every aspect of the process to ensure the best ingredients for his line of pickled foods, preserves, and condiments. This photograph shows one step in the tomato harvesting process.
- circa 1920
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Tomatoes Coming into the H. J. Heinz Main Plant, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, circa 1920
Entrepreneur H.J. Heinz recognized that producing the highest quality products began with where the ingredients were grown and how they were harvested. He took great care in managing every aspect of the process to ensure the best ingredients for his line of pickled foods, preserves, and condiments. This photograph shows one step in the tomato harvesting process.
- Transporting Apple Crates Using Horse-Drawn Carts, H. J. Heinz Company, Medina, New York, circa 1910 - Entrepreneur H.J. Heinz recognized that producing high-quality products began with growing the best ingredients. He managed every aspect of the process from seed selection to harvest to ensure that only the best ingredients became Heinz pickled foods, preserves, and condiments. This photograph, apple crates are loaded onto horse-drawn carts to be transported to the factory for processing.
- circa 1910
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Transporting Apple Crates Using Horse-Drawn Carts, H. J. Heinz Company, Medina, New York, circa 1910
Entrepreneur H.J. Heinz recognized that producing high-quality products began with growing the best ingredients. He managed every aspect of the process from seed selection to harvest to ensure that only the best ingredients became Heinz pickled foods, preserves, and condiments. This photograph, apple crates are loaded onto horse-drawn carts to be transported to the factory for processing.
- Shipping Tomatoes by Boat, H. J. Heinz Company, Salem, New Jersey, circa 1910 - Entrepreneur H.J. Heinz recognized that producing the highest quality products began with where the ingredients were grown and how they were harvested. He took great care in managing every aspect of the process to ensure the best ingredients for his line of pickled foods, preserves, and condiments. This photograph shows one step in the tomato harvesting process.
- circa 1910
- Collections - Artifact
Shipping Tomatoes by Boat, H. J. Heinz Company, Salem, New Jersey, circa 1910
Entrepreneur H.J. Heinz recognized that producing the highest quality products began with where the ingredients were grown and how they were harvested. He took great care in managing every aspect of the process to ensure the best ingredients for his line of pickled foods, preserves, and condiments. This photograph shows one step in the tomato harvesting process.
- Child Workers in the Onion Fields, H. J. Heinz Company, circa 1905 - Entrepreneur H.J. Heinz recognized that producing high-quality products began with growing the best ingredients. He managed every aspect of the process from seed selection through harvest to ensure that only the best ingredients became Heinz pickled foods, preserves, and condiments. This photograph shows laborers -- boys and girls as well as men with walking cultivators -- wedding an onion field.
- circa 1905
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Child Workers in the Onion Fields, H. J. Heinz Company, circa 1905
Entrepreneur H.J. Heinz recognized that producing high-quality products began with growing the best ingredients. He managed every aspect of the process from seed selection through harvest to ensure that only the best ingredients became Heinz pickled foods, preserves, and condiments. This photograph shows laborers -- boys and girls as well as men with walking cultivators -- wedding an onion field.
- Workers Processing Harvested Tomatoes, circa 1910 - Entrepreneur H.J. Heinz recognized that producing the highest quality products began with where the ingredients were grown and how they were harvested. He took great care in managing every aspect of the process to ensure the best ingredients for his line of pickled foods, preserves, and condiments. This photograph shows one step in the tomato harvesting process.
- circa 1910
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Workers Processing Harvested Tomatoes, circa 1910
Entrepreneur H.J. Heinz recognized that producing the highest quality products began with where the ingredients were grown and how they were harvested. He took great care in managing every aspect of the process to ensure the best ingredients for his line of pickled foods, preserves, and condiments. This photograph shows one step in the tomato harvesting process.
- B. Denton's Balsam, 1906-1911 - Nineteenth-century entrepreneurs promised cures with patent medicines. Some of these concoctions, however, contained harmful ingredients or ingredients used in unsafe quantities -- the industry was unregulated and manufacturers were secretive about their recipes. Beginning with the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906, national legislation increasingly prohibited misleading health claims and required manufacturers to list their product's contents.
- 1906-1911
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B. Denton's Balsam, 1906-1911
Nineteenth-century entrepreneurs promised cures with patent medicines. Some of these concoctions, however, contained harmful ingredients or ingredients used in unsafe quantities -- the industry was unregulated and manufacturers were secretive about their recipes. Beginning with the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906, national legislation increasingly prohibited misleading health claims and required manufacturers to list their product's contents.
- Workers Harvesting Tomatoes at a Heinz Tomato Farm, 1908 - Entrepreneur H.J. Heinz recognized that producing the highest quality products began with where the ingredients were grown and how they were harvested. He took great care in managing every aspect of the process to ensure the best ingredients for his line of pickled foods, preserves, and condiments. This photograph shows one step in the tomato harvesting process.
- 1908
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Workers Harvesting Tomatoes at a Heinz Tomato Farm, 1908
Entrepreneur H.J. Heinz recognized that producing the highest quality products began with where the ingredients were grown and how they were harvested. He took great care in managing every aspect of the process to ensure the best ingredients for his line of pickled foods, preserves, and condiments. This photograph shows one step in the tomato harvesting process.