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Heinz Girl's Roof Garden on Baked Bean Building Roof

1910

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Heinz Girl's Roof Garden on Baked Bean Building Roof
  • Title
  • Heinz Girl's Roof Garden on Baked Bean Building Roof
  • Identifier
  • MSP57.B014.I01
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP57.B014.I01
  • Description
  • The roof gardens, located on top of one of the largest buildings in the H.J. Heinz Company's main plant complex in Pittsburgh’s North Side neighborhood, offered the female employees a place to relax and get some fresh air in the afternoon. These gardens included open-air flower beds (center), a conservatory (left background) that housed ferns and palms, seats, fountains, and awnings.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • H.J. Heinz Company.
    H.J. Heinz Company (Pittsburgh, Pa.).Baked Bean Building.
    H.J. Heinz Company (Pittsburgh, Pa.).Roof Gardens.
    Heinz Girls.
    Food industry and trade--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Food industry and trade--Employees--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Employment--Women--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Conservatories--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Gardens--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Flowers--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    North Side (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
  • Source
  • H.J. Heinz Company, Photographs, 1864-1991, MSP 57, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • H.J. Heinz Company Photographs
  • Rights Information
  • In Copyright. This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).. Rights Holder: Senator John Heinz History Center
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  • Rights Holder
  • Senator John Heinz History Center