H.J. Heinz Company: Producers, Manufacturers and Distributors Pure Food Products "57 Varieties"

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: H.J. Heinz Company, 1910.

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Hardcover. Quarto. Measuring 8½" x 11". Illustrated with 48 plates. Ribbon-tied leather boards with gilt title on the front board and metal reinforced corners. Very good with rubbing on the boards, a touch of wear on a couple of plates, and some splitting at the joints but with the front board still firmly attached. A nicely produced book by and about the H.J. Heinz Company showing the state of the food and condiment producer in 1910 with exhaustive information on the company's various factories, packing plants, bottle works, working conditions, awards and medals, as well as a detailed look at its product line: ketchup, mustard, vinegar, pickles, olive oil, preserves, puddings, etc. While the book contains 26 single-page photographic and illustrative plates, there are an additional 22 fold-out plates, many in full-color, showing examples of the company's different products, along with images of factory workers and production facilities that stress the company's leadership in safe and sanitary conditions for workers. Each fold-out plate is reinforced with fabric tape (as issued), adding support to our notion that this volume was likely produced for use by company salesmen to show perspective buyers the breadth and scale of Heinz's operations. Two printed labels on the inside front board offer a "suitable reward" for the return of this book and a reminder that all correspondence should reference "Catalog No. 80." A luxuriously produced trade catalog for a world-famous American brand and one of the nicest we've seen.

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Item #438024 H.J. Heinz Company: Producers, Manufacturers and Distributors Pure Food Products "57 Varieties"
H.J. Heinz Company: Producers, Manufacturers and Distributors Pure Food Products "57 Varieties"
H.J. Heinz Company: Producers, Manufacturers and Distributors Pure Food Products "57 Varieties"
H.J. Heinz Company: Producers, Manufacturers and Distributors Pure Food Products "57 Varieties"
H.J. Heinz Company: Producers, Manufacturers and Distributors Pure Food Products "57 Varieties"
H.J. Heinz Company: Producers, Manufacturers and Distributors Pure Food Products "57 Varieties"
H.J. Heinz Company: Producers, Manufacturers and Distributors Pure Food Products "57 Varieties"
H.J. Heinz Company: Producers, Manufacturers and Distributors Pure Food Products "57 Varieties"
H.J. Heinz Company: Producers, Manufacturers and Distributors Pure Food Products "57 Varieties"
H.J. Heinz Company: Producers, Manufacturers and Distributors Pure Food Products "57 Varieties"
H.J. Heinz Company: Producers, Manufacturers and Distributors Pure Food Products "57 Varieties"
H.J. Heinz Company: Producers, Manufacturers and Distributors Pure Food Products "57 Varieties"
H.J. Heinz Company: Producers, Manufacturers and Distributors Pure Food Products "57 Varieties"
H.J. Heinz Company: Producers, Manufacturers and Distributors Pure Food Products "57 Varieties"
H.J. Heinz Company: Producers, Manufacturers and Distributors Pure Food Products "57 Varieties"
H.J. Heinz Company: Producers, Manufacturers and Distributors Pure Food Products "57 Varieties"
H.J. Heinz Company: Producers, Manufacturers and Distributors Pure Food Products "57 Varieties"
H.J. Heinz Company: Producers, Manufacturers and Distributors Pure Food Products "57 Varieties"
H.J. Heinz Company: Producers, Manufacturers and Distributors Pure Food Products "57 Varieties"