Supplying trade with H & H coffee — San Antonio Light, 21 Nov 1937
A short Light photo feature for 21 November 1937 (page 98) shows the packing department and ties a recent machinery investment to vacuum-packed one- and three-pound cans and the glass line (H & H Crystalvac). A companion text item, Plant output is increased, is a separate post; both draw on Newspapers.com 1261817993 with different crops. The figure is the embedded newspaper bitmap from the PDF (pdfimages), not the full export frame with Newspapers.com chrome.
Transcription (news item)
SUPPLYING TRADE WITH H & H COFFEE
Pictured above is a section of packing department of the Hoffmann-Hayman plant, where a large number of persons are employed. Another large investment has recently been made in machinery for vacuum packing in one and three-pound cans. The firm was the pioneer in the Southwest in vacuum packing glass jars, it’s ‘H & H Crystalvac’ enjoying a wide distribution throughout the state.
Transcription normalizes only obvious punctuation; “it’s” and quote marks are as in the source clip.
Source
- “Supplying Trade with H & H Coffee” (illustrated item), San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), 21 Nov 1937, p. 98.
- Newspapers.com: newspapers.com/image/1261817993/ (accessed 28 Apr 2026).
- PDF (archived from
work/inbox/): 1937-11-21-san-antonio-light-supplying-trade-with-h-h-coffee.pdf.
