H. J. Heinz Company Glass Factory, Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania, 1885-1910

Summary

The H.J. Heinz Company had departments and facilities to produce its own crates and boxes, glassware, cans, advertisements, and labels, allowing most production to be completed in-house. This photograph shows the Heinz Glass Factory located in Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania.

The H.J. Heinz Company had departments and facilities to produce its own crates and boxes, glassware, cans, advertisements, and labels, allowing most production to be completed in-house. This photograph shows the Heinz Glass Factory located in Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania.

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1885-1910

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

53.41.372

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of H.J. Heinz Co.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)

Technique

Gelatin silver process
Mounting

Color

Sepia (Color)

Dimensions

Height: 7.375 in

Width: 9.5 in

Inscriptions

written on back: S[?], PA

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