H.J. Heinz Company Board of Directors Meeting in President's Office, May 26, 1909
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Henry J. Heinz founded his first processed food business in Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania, in 1869. Heinz soon moved the booming operation to downtown Pittsburgh. In 1905, now headquartered in a large factory complex on the city's North Side, the H.J. Heinz Company officially incorporated with its founder as president -- a position Heinz would hold until his death in 1919.
Henry J. Heinz founded his first processed food business in Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania, in 1869. Heinz soon moved the booming operation to downtown Pittsburgh. In 1905, now headquartered in a large factory complex on the city's North Side, the H.J. Heinz Company officially incorporated with its founder as president -- a position Heinz would hold until his death in 1919.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
26 May 1909
Subject Date
26 May 1909
Place of Creation
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On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
53.41.823
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
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 10 in
Width: 12 in
Inscriptions
on front: Meeting of Board of Directors of H.J. Heinz Co. in President's Office, May 26, 1909. This was the 1st meeting of the Board attended by all its members.
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