Sales report books from the office ceiling
Site-recovered factory sales books whose handwritten line items confirm which products Hoffmann–Hayman was booking from the interwar office—Tea, house blends...
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Texas Girl and H and H one-pound shop bags
We met Albert, a San Antonio picker, over coffee and talked through local history, metal detecting, and what turns up in shops. Six months earlier he had pul...
H and H Brand Spices ginger, 1½ oz
We added another H and H Brand Spices tin: ginger at 1½ ounces net, photographed here beside the one-ounce cinnamon tin from July 2014 so the two shaker styl...
H and H Coffee Paper Shipping Bags
This lot includes multiple H and H Coffee shipping sacks fanned out to show the repeated print block: Texas Girl Coffee, the line 24-1 LB. BAGS REGULAR, and ...
Small H and H Crystalvac with wire-and-wood holder
From KimmysKicks on Etsy we bought a Crystalvac-line jar from Bowie, Texas.
Master Chef Regular Grind one-pound tin
We bought this red lithographed Master Chef Regular Grind can from BellaEclectic2008 on Etsy; the seller was in San Antonio. The body came without its keywin...
All About Coffee (1935 Second Edition) by William H. Ukers
William Harrison Ukers (1873–1945) produced foundational coffee trade references, and this 1935 second edition of All About Coffee is the most cited research...
Coffee Merchandising (First Edition) by William H. Ukers
William H. Ukers’ Coffee Merchandising complements the broader technical and historical scope of All About Coffee by focusing on retail practice, selling met...