book
Catalog Number
2018.24.1Title
American Manufacturing...A Story of Survival & SuccessDate of Origin
2018Artist/Author
Shoup, JerryMaterials
paperDescription
Soft cover book, 143 pages long with a light brown cover. The Heinz logo is in the center, on the front cover.On the back cover, there are two photographs of the Holland, MI Heinz factory. The title is, "American Manufacturing: A Story of Survival and Success" authored by Dr. Jerry Shoup.
History
In 1896 an agent from the H. J. Heinz Co. of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania traveled to west Michigan looking for a place to build a processing factory. Eventually Holland, MI was chosen due to the soil, harbor access and the lobbying of local businessmen (including William Beach, Gerrit J. Diekema, Arend Visscher and Oscar E. Yates).By 1898 a three-story factory went up on west 16th Street on Black Lake (Lake Macatawa) known as branch No. 7 (1903, 1914 city directories). John J. Baxa (1874-1967) was Holland's manager in 1906 through 1914, followed by James A. Hoover (1872-1957) from approximately 1921 to 1940 and Charles B. McCormick (1897-1977) from approximately 1945 to 1961 (Holland city directories).