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Old Plantation Steel Cut Coffee — A Second Simpson & Doeller Tin Enters the Reference Set

May 23, 2026 3 minute read

Baltimore Merchants Coffee Co. one-pound ‘Old Plantation’ tin with the THE SIMPSON & DOELLER CO BALTO MD maker’s mark — comparandum widening the evidence...

A Two-Pound Master Chef Pair Bracketing Two Label Generations

May 23, 2026 3 minute read

Two-tin lot of 2 LBS NET Master Chef keywind cans — and a small surprise once tin #2 was photographed: the lot brackets two consecutive Master Chef label gen...

Joy-Cup Brand Coffee slip-lid tin

May 11, 2026 less than 1 minute read

Baltimore-area Joy-Cup one-pound slip-lid tin—Simpson & Doeller’s city—with a Sam Houston–like portrait roundel layout; in-hand photo, eBay WebP set, and...

Ghost sign — hand-painted H and H on exposed brick solved

April 29, 2026 3 minute read

Artifact Snapshot Era: Type: Brands: H and H Blend Coffee Confidence: medium Evidence and Sources On-site ghost...

Bolner’s Fiesta Brand — a grinder from closing Hoffmann-Hayman (reported 1971)

April 26, 2026 4 minute read

A Clean Second Example of the H and H High Grade Three-Pound Tin

April 23, 2026 3 minute read

Sam Houston Coffee Branded Insulated Jug

April 8, 2026 less than 1 minute read

H and H Family Size Keywind Tin with Matching Top

March 19, 2026 less than 1 minute read

A Second, Clean Example of the Founding H and H Coffee Keywind Tin

November 17, 2025 2 minute read

Early H and H Tea Tin

October 22, 2025 less than 1 minute read

H and H Spices Cumin, 1 Ounce

September 23, 2025 less than 1 minute read

H and H Tea Box (Sealed, 3 oz)

September 22, 2024 less than 1 minute read

A Large Bulk-Size H and H Blend Coffee Tin — Same Early-1920s Slogan, Bigger Format

May 20, 2023 5 minute read

Texas Girl Coffee metal advertising sign

May 15, 2023 less than 1 minute read

Large-Format Reprint of the 24 July 1932 San Antonio Sunday Light — “Hoffmann-Hayman Plant Modern Throughout”

February 19, 2023 6 minute read

Upgrading Artifact Storage

February 15, 2023 1 minute read

Broncho Coffee Tin

February 2, 2023 1 minute read

H and H Master Chef Two Pound Tin

January 6, 2023 1 minute read

Hand-Painted H and H Lettering — Ghost Sign on Exposed Brick

January 1, 2023 less than 1 minute read

Harnit & Hewitt Mocha Coffee Tin, Toledo (Not Hoffmann-Hayman)

July 17, 2022 less than 1 minute read

Vintage H&H Coffee Cardboard Sign

March 8, 2020 less than 1 minute read

Coffee On Switch Art

December 12, 2019 less than 1 minute read

H and H Coffee Cardboard Sign (October 2019)

October 20, 2019 less than 1 minute read

Gus P. Menger Press Portrait, Hoffmann-Hayman Coffee Co.

October 6, 2019 less than 1 minute read

H and H Master Chef One-Pound Keywind Tin

October 4, 2019 less than 1 minute read

H and H Blend Three-Pound Crystalvac Jar

October 4, 2019 less than 1 minute read

H and H Blend Unopened One-Pound Paper-Label Tin

October 4, 2019 less than 1 minute read

H and H Coffee “We Roast It, Others Praise It” Cardboard Sign

August 25, 2019 less than 1 minute read

H and H Aqua Crystalvac Jar

August 17, 2019 1 minute read

Red Bird Coffee One-Pound Keywind Tin

July 21, 2019 less than 1 minute read

H and H Sam Houston Tin

May 1, 2019 less than 1 minute read

H and H Blend Coffee Three-Pound Paper-Label Tin

May 1, 2019 less than 1 minute read

Second Three Rivers 601-1 Crystalvac Jar (No Lid)

April 24, 2019 less than 1 minute read

H and H Half Pound Tin

April 11, 2019 less than 1 minute read

H and H Coffee “Fragrant” Cardboard Litho Sign

March 22, 2019 1 minute read

H and H Coffee “Free Coupon” from a Coffee Bag

January 2, 2019 less than 1 minute read

Second Three-Pound Owens-Illinois Crystalvac (Clear)

September 4, 2018 less than 1 minute read

H and H Brand Spices — Nutmeg Tin, 1½ oz

July 16, 2018 less than 1 minute read

1934 Hoffmann-Hayman Employees at the “Fragrant…” Billboard

July 12, 2018 1 minute read

Crystalvac Jars — Waffle Glass vs. Smooth (Looking for the “Older Brother”)

June 28, 2018 less than 1 minute read

Crystalvac Jar with Butter-Churn Attachment

April 21, 2018 less than 1 minute read

H and H Coffee Clip-and-Save Coupons

February 10, 2018 less than 1 minute read

Five red clip-and-save H and H Coffee coupons donated by Mac Johanson (Three Rivers, TX)—collect 18 for a free pound at the grocer.

Hoffmann-Hayman Coffee Co. Illustrated Letterheads

December 9, 2017 1 minute read

Union Foundry Co. — Embossed Cast-Iron Pipe

October 6, 2017 less than 1 minute read

Master Chef One-Pound Tin with 250 Trading Stamps Sticker

October 1, 2017 less than 1 minute read

One-Pound Crystalvac Jar, Three Rivers Mold 601-7

September 19, 2017 less than 1 minute read

Aviation Brand Coffee Lid — Tucker Coffee Co.

September 18, 2017 less than 1 minute read

Three-Pound Crystalvac Jar with Wire Handle and Original Red Lid

September 12, 2017 less than 1 minute read

Hoffman Beverage Co. Soda Labels, Newark NJ 1933

September 3, 2017 less than 1 minute read

H and H High Grade — One Pound Tin With Matching Lid

August 28, 2017 less than 1 minute read

Texas Girl Coffee Four-Pound Pail

August 22, 2017 less than 1 minute read

Lot of Twelve Keywind Coffee-Tin Keys

July 21, 2017 less than 1 minute read

Master Chef price cards — Houston, 1950s

June 15, 2017 less than 1 minute read

Javo Bottled Coffee — Aqua Glass Bottle

May 14, 2017 less than 1 minute read

Crystalvac Jar Lid — We Roast It / Others Praise It (Embossed Metal)

April 30, 2017 less than 1 minute read

H and H Coffee Promotional Paper Napkin — Sam Houston & Texas Girl

March 30, 2017 less than 1 minute read

Unopened H and H High Grade Orange Pekoe & Pekoe Tea Carton

March 23, 2017 less than 1 minute read

We Roast It / Others Praise It — H and H Blend Embossed Lid

March 17, 2017 less than 1 minute read

H and H High Grade Coffee — One Pound Tin

March 14, 2017 less than 1 minute read

H and H Half Pound Blend — Light Housekeepers Size (1920s Label)

March 2, 2017 less than 1 minute read

Second of two Light Housekeepers half-pound tins—this one bought from Wolf Henning von Kameke in Germany in March 2017 with its lid (the eBay specimen is lid...

Clear Crystalvac Quart Jar, Mold 601-1

February 28, 2017 less than 1 minute read

H and H Blend — Light Housekeepers Half-Pound Tin (Feb 2017)

February 27, 2017 less than 1 minute read

One Pound Three Rivers Crystalvac Jar

February 26, 2017 less than 1 minute read

H and H Master Chef Handi-Handle Sample Cup

February 16, 2017 less than 1 minute read

Wagner Ware No. 4 Coffee Scoop — H and H Coffee Co.

January 29, 2017 1 minute read

Simpson & Doeller Co. — H and H Blend Tin Marking

December 5, 2016 less than 1 minute read

Anchor Brand Red Pepper Tin — David G. Evans Coffee Co.

April 27, 2016 less than 1 minute read

H and H Spices Black Pepper

March 26, 2016 2 minute read

Small Crystalvac Coffee Jar

February 25, 2016 less than 1 minute read

Regional soda bottles (Three Rivers era) — archive photos (Mac Johanson transfers)

February 20, 2016 2 minute read

Two Master Chef Pulverized One-Pound Keywind Tins

February 17, 2016 less than 1 minute read

H and H Master Chef One-Pound Tin — San Antonio (Etsy)

February 17, 2016 less than 1 minute read

Small Amber Crystalvac Coffee Jar

February 17, 2016 1 minute read

Large Crystalvac Coffee Jar

January 17, 2016 1 minute read

H and H Coffee Family Size Tin

January 15, 2016 less than 1 minute read

H and H Coffee 3 Pound Jar Glass Mystery

December 28, 2015 3 minute read

H and H Master Chef Tin

November 29, 2015 less than 1 minute read

H and H High Grade Three Pound Tin

November 24, 2015 1 minute read

Hoffmann-Hayman Puzzler

November 18, 2015 less than 1 minute read

One Pound Three Rivers Crystalvac Jar

November 1, 2015 less than 1 minute read

Crystalvac Jars from Comfort Texas

October 25, 2015 less than 1 minute read

Sam Houston Coffee Label

October 22, 2015 less than 1 minute read

H and H Blend Three Pound Tin

October 3, 2015 1 minute read

H and H Blend Round Tin

September 20, 2015 less than 1 minute read

Round H and H Blend coffee tin from Comfort, Texas—paper label gone, embossed lid; bought in person at Stuff & More.

H and H Tea, Orange Pekoe High Grade

September 8, 2015 1 minute read

H and H Cleaner

August 27, 2015 less than 1 minute read

H and H Spices Nutmeg and Cinnamon

August 18, 2015 less than 1 minute read

H and H Price Sign

August 16, 2015 less than 1 minute read

H and H Puzzler

August 10, 2015 less than 1 minute read

Small Square Crystalvac Jar with Handle

August 2, 2015 less than 1 minute read

Large Crystalvac Jar with Wooden Handle

July 11, 2015 less than 1 minute read

H and H Coffee in Square Glass Jar

July 6, 2015 1 minute read

H and H Spices - Tin of Allspice

June 15, 2015 less than 1 minute read

Tucker Coffee Co. Letterhead

June 14, 2015 1 minute read

Small Kork-N-Seal Extract Bottle

May 31, 2015 2 minute read

One Pound Crystalvac Jar

May 28, 2015 less than 1 minute read

Delaware Punch Soda Bottle

April 28, 2015 1 minute read

San Antonio Nexapa

April 23, 2015 less than 1 minute read

Harnit & Hewitt Co. Mocha Blend Coffee (Toledo, Ohio)

February 25, 2015 less than 1 minute read

Large H and H Crystalvac jar, Georgetown, Texas

February 1, 2015 less than 1 minute read

All About Learning Coffee

January 10, 2015 1 minute read

Two-pound H and H shop bags (picker find)

December 20, 2014 less than 1 minute read

A very special factory tour — Menger family

December 18, 2014 less than 1 minute read

St. Mary’s Bulletin, February 1936 — H and H Crystalvac ad

December 15, 2014 less than 1 minute read

Hoffmann’s Old Time Blended Coffee (Milwaukee)

December 14, 2014 less than 1 minute read

Sales report books from the office ceiling

December 9, 2014 1 minute read

Site-recovered factory sales books whose preprinted line items confirm the H&H product roster the office tracked in the interwar period—Tea, H and H Coff...

Texas Girl and H and H one-pound shop bags

November 28, 2014 less than 1 minute read

H and H Brand Spices ginger, 1½ oz

November 16, 2014 less than 1 minute read

H and H Coffee Paper Shipping Bags

October 28, 2014 less than 1 minute read

Small H and H Crystalvac with wire-and-wood holder

August 13, 2014 1 minute read

Master Chef Regular Grind one-pound tin

August 11, 2014 less than 1 minute read

All About Coffee (1935 Second Edition) by William H. Ukers

August 6, 2014 less than 1 minute read

Coffee Merchandising (First Edition) by William H. Ukers

August 6, 2014 less than 1 minute read

H and H High Grade one-pound vacuum tin

August 2, 2014 less than 1 minute read

Alamo Cook Book (Hoffmann-Hayman)

July 24, 2014 less than 1 minute read

Master Chef “We Serve” hand-painted sign

July 19, 2014 less than 1 minute read

Third Crystalvac jar — clear, bail, base 5

July 8, 2014 less than 1 minute read

Household Institute three-piece percolator

July 6, 2014 less than 1 minute read

Wait! Spices?

July 1, 2014 1 minute read

Three Tins and a Crystalvac jar, Comfort

June 29, 2014 1 minute read

Broncho Coffee & American Pickers

June 28, 2014 2 minute read

Purchased Mike Wolfe’s Art of the Pick photo book and the signed 12×18 Broncho Coffee print from Antique Archaeology / Art of the Pick—the American Pickers r...