H and H packing-line factory photo — branding crop, The News, 18 May 1935
Interior press photograph of the Hoffmann-Hayman packing floor at Delaware Street: a long roller-or-belt conveyor running across the foreground carries dozens of upright packaged jars moving toward the right, with two female workers in light uniforms tending stations along its length. Behind them, a male worker stands at a station between stacks of finished cases labeled with H and H product markings. Overhead, exposed factory trusses and lighting indicate a high-ceiling production hall; the camera is positioned to emphasize line length, throughput, and tidy case storage.
For brand history this is the headline image of the “Increased Demand Necessitates H & H Improvements” feature — Hoffmann-Hayman’s 1935 message that growing sales had required plant upgrades to keep up. The photograph is one of the very few mid-1930s interior views of the Delaware Street factory in operation, and the only one yet documented that shows finished-goods staging alongside live packing. The pairing of the jar-conveyor and the labeled case stacks reinforces the company’s then-current brand argument: vacuum-glass packaging on the line, palletized and cased for the trade in volume.
Transcription
Increased Demand Necessitates H & H Improvements
Source
- See Increased demand necessitates H and H improvements — The News, 18 May 1935 for full context and the companion “For Every Taste — Pocketbook” strip ad.
