Administration Building Rotunda

1957

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Administration Building Rotunda
  • Title
  • Administration Building Rotunda
  • Identifier
  • MSP57.B070.F08.I01
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP57.B070.F08.I01
  • Description
  • Between 1890 and 1898 the H. J. Heinz Company built 17 Romanesque buildings on the North Side of Pittsburgh for its production facilities. At the center of these buildings was the Administration Building with its rotunda as seen in the photograph. Around the room were ten murals painted by Edward Trumbull. They depicted the small brick house where H. J. Heinz began operations and countries where ingredients for Heinz products were grown and distributed. The last mural is symbolic, showing farmers from the United States and overseas bringing “The Fruit of the World” to the main Heinz plant, which is in the background.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • H.J. Heinz Company (Pittsburgh, Pa.).Administration Building.
    Rotundas--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    North Side (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Trumbull, Edward.
    Mural painting and decoration--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
  • 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