The First Heinz Tomato Ketchup Shipment of Year for the Bowling Green, Ohio Factory, 1923
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Before complete mechanization of the manufacturing process, many tasks at the Heinz factory were done by hand. The H.J. Heinz Company documented the many departments of the manufacturing process through photographs. This photograph was taken at the Bowling Green, Ohio, factory to document the year's first shipment of ketchup in 1923.
Before complete mechanization of the manufacturing process, many tasks at the Heinz factory were done by hand. The H.J. Heinz Company documented the many departments of the manufacturing process through photographs. This photograph was taken at the Bowling Green, Ohio, factory to document the year's first shipment of ketchup in 1923.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1923
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
53.41.604
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of H.J. Heinz Co.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7.8125 in
Width: 9.75 in
Inscriptions
written on back: The first Ketchup of 1923 going into / the Bins at Bowling Green
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