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Research Update: June 19 – July 14, 2026 — 2026-07-14
Research Update: Week of June 6, 2026 — 2026-06-13
Research Update: Week of June 1, 2026 — 2026-06-08
Research Update: Week of June 4, 2026 — 2026-06-04
A Week of Structure — and the Hayman Years, Reopened — 2026-05-26
Remington's Broncho Buster and the H&H brand spelling — 2026-05-19
Two Things Changed This Year — 2026-05-19
From a 25-pound lard-can roaster to the finest plant in the South — H and H coffee equipment, 1904–1960s — 2026-05-19
S. P. Stevens and the H and H Master Chef sign — visual comparison — 2026-05-07
When “N.R.A.” Meant Recovery, Not Rifles — The National Recovery Administration (1933–1935) — 2026-05-01
Old Roaster Switch at the H and H Coffee Factory — 2025-01-05
A 'G — M — A' Surveyor's Marker in Delaware Street, in Front of the Factory's Entry Gate — 2024-12-23
Al Rendón's 'Nuestra Cultura · 75 Años' Press Pass at the Witte — A Master Chef Coffee Sign in the Backdrop — 2024-01-23
Wilhelmina "Minnie" Menger Hoffmann — International Women's Day — 2023-03-08
H and H Coffee Porcelain Sign on a South Texas Tejano General-Store Porch (ca. 1942) — 2023-02-26
Alamy Stock Photo — H and H Blend Tins and a Border Brand "Cup & Saucer Premium" Pail on a Shelf Display — 2023-02-25
"Febrero 11 – 53" — A Pencil Date on the Seam Between the Expansion and the Original Plant — 2023-02-01
"Agosto 8 – 56" — A Fourth Pencil Date, on a Pan-Formed Concrete Ceiling Joist — 2023-02-01
"Marzo 5 – 1952 / Marzo 25 – 1953 / Marzo 18 – 1954" — Three Pencil Dates on the Upstairs East Wall — 2023-02-01
H and H Coffee Factory South Face at Sunset, 14 March 2021 — 2021-03-14
Thunderbirds "America Strong" Flyover from the H and H Factory Roof, 13 May 2020 — 2020-05-13
Gus P. Menger Cupping Portrait — Hoffmann-Hayman Coffee Co., Photo by Studer, 1938 — 2019-12-04
Witte Museum — A 2019 Visit to the Hoffmann-Hayman Coffee Collection — 2019-10-15
Man Sampling Coffee at a Drum Roaster — Photographic Print from an H and H–Adjacent Stack — 2019-08-19
Zintgraff Collection at the UTSA Institute of Texan Cultures — 2019-08-19
Hopper Car at the H and H Coffee Factory Siding — 2019-04-16
H and H Coffee Factory — South End and West Flank from the Rail Siding at Dusk, February 2019 — 2019-02-07
H and H Master Chef — Manufacturers Association Booth — 2017-07-07
Alamo National Bank Statement Fragments — Found in the Wall — 2017-06-20
Keeping Inventory in the 1940s — Wall Notes — 2017-06-17
Three Rivers Glass Show, April 28-29 2017 — 2017-04-29
GW Mitchell — Hoffmann-Hayman Delaware factory flashback (blog PDF, 2017) — 2017-01-30
Visiting Mi Tierra Café for the Holidays — 2016-12-18
Factory Construction by G. W. Mitchell — 2016-12-02
Interesting H and H Master Chef Sighting — 2016-08-23
Oriental Cafe and Bar — "Serving H&H Coffee" Storefront Sign, San Antonio — 2016-05-11
The Brown Coffee Co. — 2015-07-23
Cold Brewing Coffee — 2015-03-10
Merit at Local Coffee — 2015-03-01
East-wing shed — Master Chef plywood and shipping-crate boards in the walls — 2014-05-28
Gus P. Menger and son Albert testing coffee — San Antonio Light, c. 1948 (UTSA) — 1950-01-01
Crystalvac and H AND H BLEND Coffee trademarks — Official Gazette, 29 November 1932 — 1932-11-29
Hoffmann-Hayman trademark applications: empty glass jars and coffee — List of Applicants, 1932 — 1932-01-01
Texas Girl trademark pending — Tea & Coffee Trade Journal, November 1930 — 1930-11-01
Sam Houston Brand and Menger Finest Peaberry labels registered — Tea & Coffee Trade Journal, June 1928 — 1928-06-01
O.S.T. Old Spanish Trail and San Jose trademarks pending — Tea & Coffee Trade Journal, May 1928 — 1928-05-01
Four Hoffmann-Hayman trademark registrations — Index of Trade-Marks, 1928 — 1928-01-01
"You'll Praise It Too" tea trademark — The Spice Mill, October 1924 — 1924-10-01
Royal Coffee Roaster for sale — The Spice Mill, August 1924 — 1924-08-01