Branding in Newspapers
Cropped logos, wordmarks, and product art from San Antonio–area newspaper ads—each thumbnail links to a post with context and the source clipping when releva...
Galleries
These image galleries support the Hoffmann–Hayman (H and H) Coffee Company story in San Antonio: what we collect, where it was made, how it was advertised, and how to tell our material from unrelated “H and H” lookalikes. Each gallery is a curated grid; the posts elsewhere on the site carry longer notes on individual pieces.
Our Collection
The main photographic index of the museum holdings—tins, Crystalvac jars, bags, labels, small artifacts, and related items that appear in the collection posts.
The Factory
Historic exterior and interior views of the Hoffmann–Hayman plant, later building and street context, company paperwork (letterhead, sales forms), and a few images tied to suppliers or the physical site.
Newspaper Clippings
Scans of San Antonio–area newspapers and similar clippings — 494 items spanning 1899–2017, split into eight HQ-era sub-galleries that follow the company’s documented headquarters chronology: predecessor → 1223 W. Commerce founding → W. Commerce + 307 N. Medina → 331 Burnett peak → 601 Delaware (Crystalvac + WWII, then post-war + Master Chef) → post-sale Continental Foods era → retrospectives. Each era page renders its own grid.
Branding in Newspapers
Cropped logos, wordmarks, lockups, and product art taken from those print ads—so you can compare how tins, bags, and house marks read at a glance without paging through full pages. Each thumbnail links to a short post with context and, when it helps, back to the wider clipping in Newspaper Clippings.
Reference
Photographs of H and H and Hoffmann–Hayman items and scenes found online — tins, bags, signs, postcards, posters, sacks, delivery trucks, parade autos, and other ephemera we’ve documented but do not own. Kept separate from Our Collection so the difference between documented-and-held and documented-from-a-distance stays clear.
Not Our H & H
Items from other companies with confusingly similar names or marks (different Hoffmann lines, “H and H” cleaners, unrelated tins and bottles), kept here for comparison and to separate them from true Hoffmann–Hayman material.
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Our Collection
The H&H Coffee Factory artifact collection — tins, Crystalvac jars, signs, paper, and ephemera recovered from estate sales, attics, and collectors and br...
The Factory
The 1932 Hoffmann-Hayman Coffee Company plant at 601 Delaware Street — historic and current photographs of the building, its machinery, its masonry, and the ...
Newspaper Clippings — 1899–1911 (Predecessor / Western Coffee era)
11 newspaper clippings from 1899–1911 — predecessor and Western Coffee-era coverage before the Hoffmann-Hayman founding.
Newspaper Clippings — 1912–1916 (1223 W. Commerce founding)
42 newspaper clippings from 1912–1916 — the Hoffmann-Hayman founding era at 1223 West Commerce Street.
Newspaper Clippings — 1917–1922 (W. Commerce + 307 N. Medina)
71 newspaper clippings from 1917–1922 — the consolidation era with operations at 1223 West Commerce and 307 North Medina.
Newspaper Clippings — 1923–1931 (331 Burnett, 1920s peak)
108 newspaper clippings from 1923–1931 — the 1920s peak at 331 Burnett Street, dense advertising and product coverage.
Newspaper Clippings — 1932–1944 (601 Delaware: Crystalvac and WWII)
151 newspaper clippings from 1932–1944 — Delaware Street plant opening, Crystalvac introduction, and WWII-era coverage.
Newspaper Clippings — 1945–1962 (601 Delaware: post-war and Master Chef)
73 newspaper clippings from 1945–1962 — post-war recovery, Master Chef brand era, and the run-up to the 1962 Continental Coffee acquisition.
Newspaper Clippings — 1963–1989 (post-sale / Continental Foods)
37 newspaper clippings from 1963–1989 — coverage after the 1962 sale to Continental Coffee, including brand transitions and the closing decades.
Newspaper Clippings — 1990–present (retrospectives)
1 newspaper clipping from 1990 onward — retrospectives and collector finds documenting H&H decades after the brand was sold.
Newspaper Clippings
Index of 494 clippings documenting Hoffmann-Hayman in San Antonio newsprint, split into 8 HQ-era sub-galleries (1899–2017).
Not Our H & H
Lookalikes from other firms—different Hoffmann lines, unrelated H and H marks, cleaners, beverage labels—for comparison with Hoffmann-Hayman pieces.
Reference
Photographs of H and H Coffee and Hoffmann-Hayman items and scenes found online — tins, bags, signs, postcards, posters, sacks, delivery trucks, parade autos...
Wanted
Thumbnail strip used at the top of the Want list — reference photographs first, then newspaper pages or embedded scans. The same slides appear on Wanted; the...