Collection Additions

Records of items added to the H and H collection — tins, jars, packaging, ephemera, and related artifacts acquired over the life of the project.

157 posts.

• Four jars in seven weeks: a Crystalvac condition series — 2026-07-21
• Master Chef Is Still on the Shelf — and Continental's Fingerprints Are on the Can — 2026-06-16
• The Venice of Texas — a San Antonio River Linen Postcard — 2026-06-13
• Skyline of San Antonio — a Summerville Photo Linen Postcard — 2026-06-13
• Antique Arms Annual, 1st Edition — S.P. Stevens, Publisher; R.L. Wilson, Editor (TGCA, 1971) — 2026-06-03
• The Menger Family Genealogy Page — 2026-06-01
• Hoffman Bros & Co., Columbus, Ohio — the namesake that imported — 2026-05-31
• The World Atlas of Coffee, 3rd Edition — James Hoffmann — 2026-05-27
• How To Make The Best Coffee At Home — James Hoffmann — 2026-05-27
• The Canning Clan — Earl Chapin May, 1937: A History of the American Canning Industry Published the Year H&H Went Vacuum-Can — 2026-05-27
• The Tin Can Book — Hyla M. Clark: The Can as Collectible Art, Advertising Art & High Art — 2026-05-27
• American Can Company 1934 Trade Ad — Closing Machine, Factory Floor, 'Getting Things Off on the Right Foot' — 2026-05-25
• H and H Coffee Three-Pound Square Glass Jar — Regular Grind, Red Lid, Paper Label — 2026-05-25
• Huntley Mfg. Co. Monitor Coffee Grinding and Blending Machinery — Brocton Era Catalog — 2026-05-24
• Huntley Manufacturing Co. Monitor Coffee Machinery Catalog No. 66 — Brocton Era Roasters and Coolers — 2026-05-24
• Huntley Mfg. Co. Monitor Coffee Roasting, Cooling and Stoning Machinery — Supplementary to Catalogue No. 64 — 2026-05-24
• Huntley Manufacturing Co. Monitor Peanut Cleaning, Shelling, Grading and Roasting Machinery — Catalog No. 69 — 2026-05-24
• Huntley Mfg. Co. Monitor Spare Part Catalog — Peanut Cleaning, Shelling and Grading (Silver Creek Era) — 2026-05-24
• A Two-Pound Master Chef Pair Bracketing Two Label Generations — 2026-05-23
• Old Plantation Steel Cut Coffee — A Second Simpson & Doeller Tin Enters the Reference Set — 2026-05-23
• Joy-Cup Brand Coffee slip-lid tin — 2026-05-11
• Ghost sign — hand-painted H and H on exposed brick solved — 2026-04-29
• Bolner's Fiesta Brand — a grinder from closing Hoffmann-Hayman (reported 1971) — 2026-04-26
• A Clean Second Example of the H and H High Grade Three-Pound Tin — 2026-04-23
• Sam Houston Coffee Branded Insulated Jug — 2026-04-08
• H and H Family Size Keywind Tin with Matching Top — 2026-03-19
• A Second, Clean Example of the Founding H and H Coffee Keywind Tin — 2025-11-17
• Early H and H Tea Tin — 2025-10-22
• H and H Spices Cumin, 1 Ounce — 2025-09-23
• H and H Tea Box (Sealed, 3 oz) — 2024-09-22
• A Large Bulk-Size H and H Blend Coffee Tin — Same Early-1920s Slogan, Bigger Format — 2023-05-20
• Texas Girl Coffee metal advertising sign — 2023-05-15
• Large-Format Reprint of the 24 July 1932 San Antonio Sunday Light — "Hoffmann-Hayman Plant Modern Throughout" — 2023-02-19
• Upgrading Artifact Storage — 2023-02-15
• Broncho Coffee Tin — 2023-02-02
• H and H Master Chef Two Pound Tin — 2023-01-06
• Hand-Painted H and H Lettering — Ghost Sign on Exposed Brick — 2023-01-01
• Harnit & Hewitt Mocha Coffee Tin, Toledo (Not Hoffmann-Hayman) — 2022-07-17
• Vintage H&H Coffee Cardboard Sign — 2020-03-08
• Coffee On Switch Art — 2019-12-12
• H and H Coffee Cardboard Sign (October 2019) — 2019-10-20
• Gus P. Menger Press Portrait, Hoffmann-Hayman Coffee Co. — 2019-10-06
• H and H Blend Unopened One-Pound Paper-Label Tin — 2019-10-04
• H and H Blend Three-Pound Crystalvac Jar — 2019-10-04
• H and H Master Chef One-Pound Keywind Tin — 2019-10-04
• H and H Coffee "We Roast It, Others Praise It" Cardboard Sign — 2019-08-25
• H and H Aqua Crystalvac Jar — 2019-08-17
• Red Bird Coffee One-Pound Keywind Tin — 2019-07-21
• H and H Blend Coffee Three-Pound Paper-Label Tin — 2019-05-01
• H and H Sam Houston Tin — 2019-05-01
• Second Three Rivers 601-1 Crystalvac Jar (No Lid) — 2019-04-24
• H and H Half Pound Tin — 2019-04-11
• H and H Coffee "Fragrant" Cardboard Litho Sign — 2019-03-22
• H and H Coffee "Free Coupon" from a Coffee Bag — 2019-01-02
• Second Three-Pound Owens-Illinois Crystalvac (Clear) — 2018-09-04
• H and H Brand Spices — Nutmeg Tin, 1½ oz — 2018-07-16
• 1934 Hoffmann-Hayman Employees at the "Fragrant…" Billboard — 2018-07-12
• Crystalvac Jars — Waffle Glass vs. Smooth (Looking for the “Older Brother”) — 2018-06-28
• Crystalvac Jar with Butter-Churn Attachment — 2018-04-21
• H and H Coffee Clip-and-Save Coupons — 2018-02-10
• Hoffmann-Hayman Coffee Co. Illustrated Letterheads — 2017-12-09
• Union Foundry Co. — Embossed Cast-Iron Pipe — 2017-10-06
• Master Chef One-Pound Tin with 250 Trading Stamps Sticker — 2017-10-01
• One-Pound Crystalvac Jar, Three Rivers Mold 601-7 — 2017-09-19
• Aviation Brand Coffee Lid — Tucker Coffee Co. — 2017-09-18
• Three-Pound Crystalvac Jar with Wire Handle and Original Red Lid — 2017-09-12
• Hoffman Beverage Co. Soda Labels, Newark NJ 1933 — 2017-09-03
• H and H High Grade — One Pound Tin With Matching Lid — 2017-08-28
• Texas Girl Coffee Four-Pound Pail — 2017-08-22
• Lot of Twelve Keywind Coffee-Tin Keys — 2017-07-21
• Master Chef price cards — Houston, 1950s — 2017-06-15
• Javo Bottled Coffee — Aqua Glass Bottle — 2017-05-14
• Crystalvac Jar Lid — We Roast It / Others Praise It (Embossed Metal) — 2017-04-30
• H and H Coffee Promotional Paper Napkin — Sam Houston & Texas Girl — 2017-03-30
• Unopened H and H High Grade Orange Pekoe & Pekoe Tea Carton — 2017-03-23
• We Roast It / Others Praise It — H and H Blend Embossed Lid — 2017-03-17
• H and H High Grade Coffee — One Pound Tin — 2017-03-14
• H and H Half Pound Blend — Light Housekeepers Size (1920s Label) — 2017-03-02
• Clear Crystalvac Quart Jar, Mold 601-1 — 2017-02-28
• H and H Blend — Light Housekeepers Half-Pound Tin (Feb 2017) — 2017-02-27
• One Pound Three Rivers Crystalvac Jar — 2017-02-26
• H and H Master Chef Handi-Handle Sample Cup — 2017-02-16
• Wagner Ware No. 4 Coffee Scoop — H and H Coffee Co. — 2017-01-29
• Simpson & Doeller Co. — H and H Blend Tin Marking — 2016-12-05
• Anchor Brand Red Pepper Tin — David G. Evans Coffee Co. — 2016-04-27
• H and H Spices Black Pepper — 2016-03-26
• Small Crystalvac Coffee Jar — 2016-02-25
• Regional soda bottles (Three Rivers era) — archive photos (Mac Johanson transfers) — 2016-02-20
• Small Amber Crystalvac Coffee Jar — 2016-02-17
• H and H Master Chef One-Pound Tin — San Antonio (Etsy) — 2016-02-17
• Two Master Chef Pulverized One-Pound Keywind Tins — 2016-02-17
• Large Crystalvac Coffee Jar — 2016-01-17
• H and H Coffee Family Size Tin — 2016-01-15
• H and H Coffee 3 Pound Jar Glass Mystery — 2015-12-28
• H and H Master Chef Tin — 2015-11-29
• H and H High Grade Three Pound Tin — 2015-11-24
• Hoffmann-Hayman Puzzler — 2015-11-18
• One Pound Three Rivers Crystalvac Jar — 2015-11-01
• Crystalvac Jars from Comfort Texas — 2015-10-25
• Sam Houston Coffee Label — 2015-10-22
• H and H Blend Three Pound Tin — 2015-10-03
• H and H Blend Round Tin — 2015-09-20
• H and H Tea, Orange Pekoe High Grade — 2015-09-08
• H and H Cleaner — 2015-08-27
• H and H Spices Nutmeg and Cinnamon — 2015-08-18
• H and H Price Sign — 2015-08-16
• H and H Puzzler — 2015-08-10
• Small Square Crystalvac Jar with Handle — 2015-08-02
• Large Crystalvac Jar with Wooden Handle — 2015-07-11
• H and H Coffee in Square Glass Jar — 2015-07-06
• H and H Spices - Tin of Allspice — 2015-06-15
• Tucker Coffee Co. Letterhead — 2015-06-14
• Small Kork-N-Seal Extract Bottle — 2015-05-31
• One Pound Crystalvac Jar — 2015-05-28
• Delaware Punch Soda Bottle — 2015-04-28
• San Antonio Nexapa — 2015-04-23
• Harnit & Hewitt Co. Mocha Blend Coffee (Toledo, Ohio) — 2015-02-25
• Large H and H Crystalvac jar, Georgetown, Texas — 2015-02-01
• All About Learning Coffee — 2015-01-10
• Two-pound H and H shop bags (picker find) — 2014-12-20
• A very special factory tour — Menger family — 2014-12-18
• St. Mary’s Bulletin, February 1936 — H and H Crystalvac ad — 2014-12-15
• Hoffmann’s Old Time Blended Coffee (Milwaukee) — 2014-12-14
• Sales report books from the office ceiling — 2014-12-09
• Texas Girl and H and H one-pound shop bags — 2014-11-28
• H and H Brand Spices ginger, 1½ oz — 2014-11-16
• H and H Coffee Paper Shipping Bags — 2014-10-28
• Small H and H Crystalvac with wire-and-wood holder — 2014-08-13
• Master Chef Regular Grind one-pound tin — 2014-08-11
• Coffee Merchandising (First Edition) by William H. Ukers — 2014-08-06
• All About Coffee (1935 Second Edition) by William H. Ukers — 2014-08-06
• H and H High Grade one-pound vacuum tin — 2014-08-02
• Alamo Cook Book (Hoffmann-Hayman) — 2014-07-24
• Master Chef "We Serve" hand-painted sign — 2014-07-19
• Third Crystalvac jar — clear, bail, base 5 — 2014-07-08
• Household Institute three-piece percolator — 2014-07-06
• Wait! Spices? — 2014-07-01
• Three Tins and a Crystalvac jar, Comfort — 2014-06-29
• Broncho Coffee & American Pickers — 2014-06-28
• Coffee factory interior — Maxwell House cases and jar line — 2014-06-27
• A Coffee Whistle? — 2014-06-26
• A Crystalvac Jar from H and H Coffee — 2014-06-15
• A Visit to Three Rivers — 2014-06-14
• Glass Bottles from Three Rivers — 2014-06-11
• City Bottling Works deco soda bottle (Three Rivers Glass) — 2014-06-11
• Three Rivers Diamond K soda bottle (Kingsville, Texas) — 2014-06-11
• Dragon soda bottle (San Antonio; Three Rivers Glass) — 2014-06-11
• Milwaukee Drinks art-deco soda bottle (Three Rivers Glass) — 2014-06-11
• Three Rivers clear crown-top beer bottle (Shiner listing) — 2014-06-11
• Trinity Bottling Works crown-top bottle (Three Rivers Glass) — 2014-06-11
• Our First Item for the Collection — 2014-05-10
• Welcome — 2014-04-24
• H and H Master Chef Coffee advertising record — Broggi Advertising Agency, August 1961 — 1961-08-01
• Texas Girl Coffee paper bag — 1935-01-01
• Sam Houston coffee tin pail — 1935-01-01
• Texas Girl Coffee tin sign — 1935-01-01
• H and H Coffee paper sample cup — 1930-01-01