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- Second Floor of H. J. Heinz Company Stables, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, circa 1910 - The H.J. Heinz Company spared no expense when caring for its Percheron horses. The processed food manufacturer stabled horses on the second floor of a three-story "equine palace" in Pittsburgh. Grooms spread high-quality bedding, as this photograph shows, to help keep their charges clean between shifts hitched to Heinz delivery wagons.

- circa 1910
- Collections - Artifact
Second Floor of H. J. Heinz Company Stables, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, circa 1910
The H.J. Heinz Company spared no expense when caring for its Percheron horses. The processed food manufacturer stabled horses on the second floor of a three-story "equine palace" in Pittsburgh. Grooms spread high-quality bedding, as this photograph shows, to help keep their charges clean between shifts hitched to Heinz delivery wagons.
- Employees Using Electric Brushes to Groom a Horse, H. J. Heinz Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, circa 1905 - Before the 1920s, the H.J. Heinz Company transported their goods by rail and by horse-drawn wagons. The main factory in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, had top-of-the-line stables, sometimes referred to as "equine palaces," where the horses received only the best feed and care. In this photograph, employees are grooming a horse with an electric brush system.

- circa 1905
- Collections - Artifact
Employees Using Electric Brushes to Groom a Horse, H. J. Heinz Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, circa 1905
Before the 1920s, the H.J. Heinz Company transported their goods by rail and by horse-drawn wagons. The main factory in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, had top-of-the-line stables, sometimes referred to as "equine palaces," where the horses received only the best feed and care. In this photograph, employees are grooming a horse with an electric brush system.