Wanted

Active gaps in the H and H Coffee collection — objects, printed matter, and photographs tied to the Hoffmann-Hayman Coffee Company of San Antonio that would materially advance the research or round out the collection. If you have seen, own, or have a lead on any item here, get in touch.

Reference gallery and newspaper images show object type and scale — they are not proof the gap is already filled

What the slides show

Each slide represents a different kind of gap:

• Texas Girl Coffee Poster — the chromolithograph poster identity exists in the collection; a closed retail tin in the same Texas Girl trade dress does not.
• Broncho Coffee Tin — three-pound tin documented; a cylindrical pail with wire bail in the Broncho vignette is still sought.
• H and H 1-pound Bags — paper retail bags in the H and H Coffee identity; wholesale lists name one- and two-pound formats not yet accessioned.
• Crystalvac with Label — the collection holds labeled jars; a specific combination of large clear glass, wire handle, embossed lid, and full paper label remains missing.
• Drum roaster reference — not a specific acquisition target; included as a type reference for the original Hoffmann hand roaster, a Holy Grail item described in the 1923 Light spread and never physically located.
• 1932 Crystalvac cutout — a cardboard or board point-of-purchase standee documented by halftone art in the June 1932 Express-News launch coverage; no physical example or photograph of the standee has surfaced.
• 1923 Light hand-roaster art — the newspaper page carrying the only known image of the original H and H hand roaster; already in the Newspaper gallery, shown here as the primary documentary source for the Holy Grail item above.
• 1932 Delaware plant rendering — press photograph of the new 601 Delaware Street factory with the rooftop Crystalvac replica described as “visible for blocks”; a clear period photograph of the installed rooftop jar has not been located.
• 1932 Crystalvac launch feature — the Express-News page announcing vacuum-packed glass coffee in Texas; in the Newspaper gallery but shown here as context for the cutout standee gap above.

For the full checklist with priority grades, identify-by-description text, and research angles, see the Wanted page. The auto-aggregated per-entity want lists are at Wanted — by page.