eBay delivered another H and H Master Chef artifact. This time we have a price sign that was never marked or even folded and waiting for us in New Braunfels, Texas. The sign is made of heavy paper (~20lbs), 7in x 12in, and printed with red ink.
A linen-era ‘Skyline of San Antonio’ postcard credited to Summerville Photo — the same San Antonio studio behind H&H’s 1929 employee billboard panorama.
A Curteich linen postcard of the San Antonio River, published by Weiner News Co. — period River Walk context for the city H&H called home.
A second sitting with the Draves family, and the deer-mount patent we’d only heard about finally has a number: Edward W. Menger’s US 2,003,896, ‘Horn Mount’ ...
Tim Draves sent corrections that resolved a generation: the H&H Mengers are grandchildren — not great-grandchildren — of Menger Hotel founder William A. ...
