Barges Loaded with Tomatoes, H. J. Heinz Company, Salem, New Jersey, circa 1910
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Sometimes sailing vessels ensured the quickest transport form farm to Heinz processing plants. This photograph shows barges loaded with tomatoes in Salem, New Jersey, awaiting the journey to the H.J. Heinz main plant in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Sometimes sailing vessels ensured the quickest transport form farm to Heinz processing plants. This photograph shows barges loaded with tomatoes in Salem, New Jersey, awaiting the journey to the H.J. Heinz main plant in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
circa 1910
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
53.41.278
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: 7.625 in
Width: 9.375 in
Inscriptions
written on back: The Heinz Tomato Industry / Barges loaded with tomatoes / at docks -- Salem, N. J. [?]
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