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Cup, Soup

Object number2018.134.7 a-j

Date2011

OriginChina

MediumCeramic; Glaze; Metal; Paperboard; Ink; Paper

Credit LineIn memory of Toni Graupe

Inscriptions(a)
Neck label has black text "GUARANTEED PU / ...TO COMPLY WITH / ...LAWS THROUGHOUT ... / H.J. HEINZ COMPA" and frame has black text in the viewer's top right corner "57".

(b)
Base of neck has white label with black text "MADE FROM FRESH / RIPE TOMATOES, SPICES, / GRANULATED CANE SUGAR, / PURE VINEGAR, ONIONS, SALT. / FREE FROM / BENZOATE OF SODA / ARTIFICIAL PRESERVATIVE OR COLOR. / H.J. HEINZ CO PITTSBURGH, U.S.A. / MAKERS / ..."

(c)
Body of bottle has white keystone-shaped label with black and white text "HEINZ / EST'D 1869. / TOMATO / KETCHUP / HEINZ / 57 / PURE FOOD PRODUCTS / H.J. HEINZ CO., PITTSBURGH, U.S.A. / MAKERS / BOT. 138 / REG. U.S. PAT. OFF."

(d)
Front and back of body have black text "HEINZ / Tomato Ketchup / There's more ketchup in a bottle / of HEINZ Tomato Ketchup than / in a larger bottle of ordinary / ketchup. More tomato and less / water. Sound tomatoes and no / artificial preservatives. Luscious / red ripe tomatoes and no artificial / coloring matter. / H.J. HEINZ COMPANY".

(i)
Top of box has black, red, and gold text "HEINZ / ESTD 1869 ESTD / TOMATO / KETCHUP / 57 VARIETIES".

Two sides of box has Heinz ketchup advertisement with red and black text including "THE LARGEST SELLING KETCHUP IN THE WORLD / RED MAGIC / FOR LEFTOVERS / ONE OF THE 57 / MEAT PATTIES / ... / STEAK AND VEGETABLE / CASSEROLE / ... / "The founder of this business / believed that anyone who fur- / nishes food for the public is in a / position of trust and honor-bound / to see that the food is absolutely / pure and wholesome. / we, his suc- / cessors, are true to that trust." / Howard Heinz / HUSBANDS are odd creatures. They like a / saving wife - if they like what she saves. / ... "; ketchup bottle has three labels with black, red, and white text including "HEINZ / ... / TOMATOE KETCHUP / ..."

Other two sides has Heinz ketchup advertisement with scene featuring banner in background with red text "GOOD EATS" and sign in foreground with red text "WE USE / HEINZ / KETCHUP / EXCLUSIVE"; superimposed on the viewer's left half of the scene is repeated white text "57 VARIETIES"; and bottle of ketchup superimposed on the viewer's bottom right corner of the scene has three labels with text including "HEINZ".

Bottom of box has continued printed text from the four sides of the box including black text "H. J. HEINZ COMPANY / PITTSBURGH, U.S.A. TORONTO, CANADA LONDON, ENGLAND / TOMATO / KETCHUP".

(j)
One side of card has red text at top "Heinz / for the / Holidays" and black text on the ketchup bottle "HEINZ / ESTD 1867 ESTD / Tomato / Ketchup / ..."; other side has black and white text at center "Happy Holidays / Heinz" and handwritten text in black ink in viewer's bottom right corner "2011".
Marks(f)
Underside of box has black text at center "HDS MARKETING, INC. / Innovative branding solutions / MADE IN CHINA".

(j)
One side of card has black printed text in the viewer's bottom right corner "Card created by: Claire Foley age 9".
Historical NotesHeinz soup bowl set. Part of a collection of Heinz giveaways and employee gifts belonging to Toni Graupe, who was a long-time employee of the company. Graupe was the daughter of German immigrants, and she grew up on Voskamp Street in Spring Garden before the family moved to 3681 Spring Garden Avenue where she lived the rest of her life with her sister, they had no children. Graupe retired from the Heinz Company in 1990 after working for the company for 47 years. Graupe worked in the insurance department. She was also a lifelong member of St. Aloysius Church in Troy Hill.

Previous owner Antoinette M. Graupe (died 2014)

Related institution H. J. Heinz Company (founded 1888)

Related person Howard Heinz

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