Sam Houston Coffee Branded Insulated Jug
A Sam Houston Coffee insulated jug in tall red-painted metal, with a wire bail handle, black wood grip, and a small screw-cap opening set into the domed top....
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H and H Family Size Keywind Tin with Matching Top
An H and H “Family Size” keywind tin in the collection’s brightest example of this red-blue-red tri-band design. The body reads “H AND H / FAMILY SIZE” in ou...
Early H and H Tea Tin
An early H and H Tea tin added to the collection. Tea tins are far rarer than H and H coffee tins, so every new example helps fill out the tea side of the pr...
H and H Spices Cumin, 1 Ounce
A one-ounce H&H Spices cumin packet that turned up in McAllen, TX. Another small addition to the H and H Spices line, alongside the nutmeg tin and pepper...
Upgrading Artifact Storage
As the H and H collection has grown, so has our need for a more organized and archival-quality way to store it. We’re upgrading the artifact storage with lin...
Broncho Coffee Tin
We’ve been looking for this tin for 10 years! It has one of our favorite stories from the beginning and involves the TV series, American Pickers.
H and H Master Chef Two Pound Tin
This two pound Master Chef coffee tin comes from Springfield, Missouri. It is in OK shape, nice color, and included the original lid. There is some rust on t...
Smith Print H and H Advertising
A patch of stucco peeled away from a brick building to expose hand-painted H & H lettering underneath, a ghost sign that had been sealed out of sight for...
Antique 1lb. H&H Steel Cut Mocha Coffee Tin
This one-pound steel cut Mocha blend tin was picked up on eBay under the promising “H&H” label, but closer inspection revealed it is not a Hoffmann-Hayma...
Coffee On Switch Art
A small framed print picked up from CrestField on Etsy: a stylized light-switch plate where the toggle is a mug of coffee, flipping between ON and OFF. It is...
H and H Coffee Cardboard Sign (October 2019)
A second cardboard counter card picked up from eBay seller rich206mech, two months after the C-63 “No. 1” “We Roast It, Others Praise It” sign shipped over f...
Press Photo Gus Menger, Hoffmann & Hayman Coffee Co., Texas - saa44911
A sepia-toned studio press photograph of Gus P. Menger, President of the Hoffmann-Hayman Coffee Co. of San Antonio, Texas. The portrait shows him from the ch...
H and H Master Chef One-Pound Keywind Tin
A sealed one-pound H and H Master Chef keywind tin in the brand’s red-and-yellow scheme. The front carries the smiling Master Chef with his steaming cup, “RE...
H and H Blend Three-Pound Crystalvac Jar
A three-pound H and H Blend Coffee Crystalvac jar in clear glass, wearing a red-and-cream paper wrap label. The front shows the H and H lockup over “Blend Co...
H and H Blend Unopened One-Pound Paper-Label Tin
An unopened one-pound H and H Blend coffee can with its original paper label still wrapping the body. The red and navy label carries the interlocked “H AND H...
H and H Coffee “We Roast It, Others Praise It” Cardboard Sign
A small H and H Coffee cardboard sign — black ground, red-and-white H AND H COFFEE octagon, and the yellow script slogan “We Roast It, Others Praise It.” Bel...
H and H Aqua Crystalvac Jar
A large H and H Crystalvac coffee jar in aqua-tinted glass. The front panel is embossed “H AND H” in block letters with the “Crystalvac” script above a strai...
Red Bird Coffee One-Pound Keywind Tin
A rectangular one-pound keywind tin for Red Bird Coffee, branded to Reinhard Coffee & Tea Co. in San Antonio — a contemporary San Antonio roaster line ke...
H and H Sam Houston Tin
Our first one pound Sam Houston coffee tin comes from Haysville, Kansas. It is in ok shape, nice color, and included the original lid.
H and H Blend Coffee Three-Pound Paper-Label Tin
A three-pound round H and H Blend Coffee tin with its paper label still intact. The red panel with a pale-blue border calls out “MEDIUM GROUND” on a small ba...
Second Three Rivers 601-1 Crystalvac Jar (No Lid)
A second H and H Coffee Crystalvac jar in the 601-1 Three Rivers Glass Co. mold — clear glass, one-pound size, acquired without its lid. The 601-1 is the ear...
H and H Half Pound Tin
This small tin comes from Haysville, Kansas. It is in amazing shape, great color, and included the original lid. The tin is empty but appears to be sealed. T...
H and H Coffee “Fragrant” Cardboard Litho Sign
A horizontal cardboard litho advertising sign for H and H Coffee, typical of the small counter and window pieces Hoffmann-Hayman distributed to grocers and c...
H and H Coffee “Free Coupon” from a Coffee Bag
A single clipped “FREE COUPON” with scalloped, blue-accented deckle edges and a pale-yellow field framed in red. Between the “FREE” and “COUPON” headers sits...
Second Three-Pound Owens-Illinois Crystalvac (Clear)
A second three-pound clear-glass H and H Crystalvac jar, added to the shelf about a year after the first large-handle clear example from 2017. Same form fact...
H and H Brand Spices — Nutmeg Tin, 1½ oz
A small upright spice tin in the deep-navy H and H Brand Spices livery, gold-pinstripe border, three stacked label panels: a red top panel with the big cream...
1934 Hoffmann-Hayman Employees at the “Fragrant…” Billboard
A sepia press photograph of the Hoffmann-Hayman Coffee Co. office, salesforce, and plant employees — roughly thirty people in three rows — arranged in front ...
Crystalvac Jars — Waffle Glass vs. Smooth (Looking for the “Older Brother”)
Two empty square jars with screw necks, shot top-down on OSB: the left jar’s body is covered in a raised waffle or grid texture; the right jar is smooth clea...
Crystalvac Jar with Butter-Churn Attachment
A large square-base Crystalvac jar repurposed as the body of a hand-crank butter churn. The jar itself is a standard Owens-Illinois-era Crystalvac with the f...
H and H Coffee Clip-and-Save Coupons
Five deckle-edged red coupons laid out for the photograph, donated to the collection by Mac Johanson in Three Rivers. Each strip reads the same fine print:
Hoffmann-Hayman Coffee Co. Illustrated Letterheads
A sheet of Hoffmann-Hayman Coffee Co. letterhead, one of two in the lot. The masthead runs a dark banner with “Hoffmann-Hayman Coffee Co.” in white serif cap...
Master Chef One-Pound Tin with 250 Trading Stamps Sticker
A later-era one-pound Master Chef tin in the bright red livery, photographed with its matching lid on top. The H-and-H diamond sits tight against the capital...
One-Pound Crystalvac Jar, Three Rivers Mold 601-7
The square base of a clear one-pound Crystalvac jar, photographed against a striped carpet to pick up the embossing. The characteristic stack of marks is all...
Aviation Brand Coffee Lid — Tucker Coffee Co.
A round screw-cap jar lid for Tucker Coffee Co.’s “Aviation” brand, in a teal-blue and red wartime-era litho that has oxidized to a heavy rust-mottled patina...
Three-Pound Crystalvac Jar with Wire Handle and Original Red Lid
The large three-pound Crystalvac jar with its original red screw-cap lid still in place, a wire bail handle looped through the neck for carrying. The lid is ...
Hoffman Beverage Co. Soda Labels, Newark NJ 1933
Four unused paper soda-bottle labels fanned out for the photograph, all from Hoffman Beverage Co. of Newark, New Jersey, and copyright-dated 1933. The front ...
H and H High Grade — One Pound Tin With Matching Lid
A complete H AND H HIGH GRADE one-pound tin with its lid in place — same red-and-navy VACUUM PACKED layout as the March 2017 one-pound photo, but here the fu...
Texas Girl Coffee Four-Pound Pail
A four-pound Texas Girl coffee pail with a wire bail handle, in a heavily patinated cream-and-blue livery. The top of the label carries the familiar “WE ROAS...
Lot of Twelve Keywind Coffee-Tin Keys
A dozen loose keywind keys — the small flat metal T-shapes, each a short stem with a slot at one end and a flat looped handle at the other, scattered for the...
Master Chef Price Cards — Houston, 1950s
Five identical red cardstock price cards fanned on OSB: each has a FOLD BACK HERE rule at the top, a white Special Today! script panel with a large ¢ for cha...
Javo Bottled Coffee — Aqua Glass Bottle
A slim aqua-green glass bottle in the classic early-twentieth-century soda-pop silhouette — narrow shoulder, blob top, cylindrical body — embossed with “Javo...
Crystalvac Jar Lid — We Roast It / Others Praise It (Embossed Metal)
Top-down view of a Crystalvac vacuum jar lid: the stamping runs in a circle — WE ROAST IT on the top arc, Crystalvac in script at the center over VACUUM PACK...
H and H Coffee Promotional Paper Napkin — Sam Houston & Texas Girl
A promotional paper napkin printed in red and blue on cream stock, unfolded to show the full label design. The layout is a square rotated on the diagonal, wi...
Unopened H and H High Grade Orange Pekoe & Pekoe Tea Carton
An unopened deep-blue tea carton, 3½ full ounces, with the big red-outlined “H and H” logo flanked by green tea-leaf sprigs, a “HIGH GRADE” banner, and a yel...
“We Roast It — Others Praise It” — H and H Blend Embossed Lid
A small cylindrical H AND H BLEND COFFEE tin with the slogan embossed directly into the metal lid. The top arc reads We roast It, in script; the center panel...
H and H High Grade Coffee — One Pound Tin
A one-pound H AND H HIGH GRADE COFFEE cylinder in the classic red, navy, and white vacuum-packed layout: a light blue rim band reads REGULAR GRIND with FOR P...
H and H Half Pound Blend — Light Housekeepers Size (1920s Label)
A rectangular H AND H BLEND Coffee tin in the patriotic red, white, and blue layout: LIGHT HOUSEKEEPERS SIZE runs along the top edge, HALF POUND NET down the...
Clear Crystalvac Quart Jar, Mold 601-1
A clear quart-size Crystalvac jar from Three Rivers Glass Co., photographed from the base to show off the embossed markings. “3 Rivers G” arcs across the top...
One Pound Three Rivers Crystalvac Jar
This jar on eBay came to us from Chappell Hill, Texas. It is a one pound Crystalvac in clear glass.
Master Chef Paper Cup
A new item arrived from Minden in Nevada. Stacked in a collection of small paper sample cups, is one for H and H Master Chef Coffee. Marked as 4 ounces, the ...
Wagner Ware H and H Coffee Scoop No. 4
eBay delivers another great find from right here in San Antonio.
Simpson & Doeller Co. — H and H Blend Tin Marking
A macro shot along the lower skirt of a 1920s H and H Blend Coffee round tin: the dark navy field is framed by thin red and gold bands, and a single line of ...
H and H Spices Black Pepper
This web site has brought in fantastic donation! Shipped from Torrington, Wyoming by a “dedicated advertising collector”, it originated from an auction in Ch...
Small Crystalvac Coffee Jar
This piece comes home from Grand Prairie, Texas. This is a small, clear Crystalvac Coffee jar. The mark is “3 Rivers Star”, the classic mark from Three Rive...
Two Master Chef Pulverized One-Pound Keywind Tins
Two one-pound H and H Master Chef keywind tins arrived together, both in the Master Chef “Pulverized” grind variant with the bright red label and the winking...
Small Amber Crystalvac Coffee Jar
We were excited when one of our web site visitors emailed about having a small amber H and H jar. Of the Crystalvac jars from Three Rivers Glass Co. Amber gl...
Large Crystalvac Coffee Jar
Our latest item came from Victoria, Texas. This is a large H and H Crystalvac jar with wire handle and plain lid. The blue lid caught our eye.
H and H Coffee Family Size Tin
This 28oz H and H Coffee tin comes from Vero Beach, Florida and is the first one of its kind we’ve ever seen. It is in OK condition with nice color. It is mi...
H and H Coffee 3 Pound Jar Glass Mystery
Richard, the eBay seller we recently bought a Master Chef Coffee tin from, contacted us after he’d found our web site. He possessed another H and H item also...
H and H Master Chef Tin
This one pound Master Chef tin comes from Jourdanton, Texas. It is in good shape, nice color, and includes the original lid.
H and H High Grade Three Pound Tin
This tin comes from San Antonio, TX fresh from a local estate sale. It went up on eBay by one of our usual sellers.
Hoffmann-Hayman Puzzler
This premium H and H Puzzler is from San Antonio, TX. The box is broken, instructions are missing, and a few pieces are missing. It is in rough shape but doe...
One Pound Three Rivers Crystalvac Jar
This jar on eBay came to us from Raymore, Missouri. It is a one pound Crystalvac in clear glass with a flat Ball embossed lid.
Crystalvac Jars from Comfort Texas
Today we visited the Comfort Antique Mall to collect our jar from Debbie Keneson. The jar is a one pound H and H Crystalvac clear glass jar.
Sam Houston Coffee Label
A Sam Houston coffee label from a 1lb. Perc-o-Drip Grind tin arrived from Helotes, Texas. It is amazing that someone carefully took the label from a tin, sav...
H and H Blend Three Pound Tin
A medium ground, three pound, rectangular tin arrived from Euless, Texas. It is in rough shape but that’s okay. H and H Blend Coffee is the original brand so...
H and H Blend Round Tin
We stopped in Comfort, Texas to pick up a large Crystalvac jar Debbie and Denise, our favorite pickers, found a few weeks ago. We were telling the women at t...
H and H Tea, Orange Pekoe High Grade
Finally! We found another product. We’d seen black and white advertisements in old newspapers, and it made sense to use the factory equipment to dry and grin...
H and H Cleaner
Sometimes you have to take a chance to see if you win or lose. All we knew from the pictures on eBay was that it said “H and H” and was in Indiana. The color...
H and H Spices Nutmeg and Cinnamon
We added a new spice to the collection from Euless, Texas. This 1.5oz Nutmeg tin has some bug holes but the top is still shiny.
H and H Price Sign
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,...
H and H Puzzler
While collecting items for an antique shop in Austin, this piece was found at an estate sale. They did some web searches, having never heard of H and H Coffe...
Small Square Crystalvac Jar with Handle
This Crystalvac glass jar was won on eBay and comes from Tyler, Texas. It is in good condition with an embossed Crystalvac metal lid and wire handle.
Large Crystalvac Jar with Wooden Handle
Another large Crystalvac glass jar was won on eBay and comes from Colleyville, Texas. It is in good condition with an embossed metal lid. The bottom has Crys...
H and H Coffee in Square Glass Jar
Albert, a local San Antonio picker, brought us a few new items.
H and H Spices - Tin of Allspice
Today, we added a 1.5oz H and H Brand Spices Allspice Tin. We now have three spice tins in the collection.
Tucker Coffee Co. Letterhead
Today we recieved a piece of letterhead from the Tucker Coffee Company estimated to be from the 1920’s. Tucker was located at 422-424 Ruiz Street, San Antoni...
Small Kork-N-Seal Extract Bottle
eBay has delivered us a new mystery. We picked up an “Antique H & H Coffee spice, possibly vanilla, extract jar” that was part of an estate in Vinton, Vi...
One Pound Crystalvac Jar
We bought a collection of jars found in an estate sale from MiksJunkDrawer in Somerset, Texas. It included a Crystalvac One Pound jar.
Delaware Punch Soda Bottle
The bottle caught our eye since it was manufactured by Three Rivers Glass Co., who did the Crystalvac jars for H and H. The bottle is depicted in the book Te...
San Antonio Nexapa
We found San Antonio Nexapa by Helen Seargeant, on Ebay. It is a true account of the life of a pioneer family on a coffee plantation at the foot of Mt. Tacan...
Harnit & Hewitt Co. Mocha Blend Coffee
This is a coffee tin from The Harnit & Hewitt Co. in Toldeo Ohio. They sold products as “H&H Coffee” like this One Pound Mocha Blend.
Added H and H Crystalvac Jar
We were able to grab another large H and H Crystalvac Jar from Georgetown, Texas on eBay. This one has the original wire handle but is missing the lid. The o...
All About Learning Coffee
Over the holidays I took some time to read books about coffee. From enthusiasts to artisans to roasters to historians, they all have a lot to say about coffe...
2lbs H and H Bags
Albert, one of our local pickers, found some more H and H sacks. Two of them are for 1lb Bags. But, this “2lb Bags” version is new to us.
The Bulletin from St. Mary’s
St. Mary’s Church in San Antonio produces The Bulletin. We got a copy of Volume 13, No. 1 from February 1936.
Hoffmann’s Old Time Blended Coffee
This one pound tin we won on eBay is NOT from San Antonio.
Sales Forms
While running networking cables in the factory, we found three books of sales report forms tucked under some boards in the ceiling above the office space. Th...
Texas Girl from H and H Coffee
Today we met with a local San Antonio picker, Albert. We chatted with him over coffee about San Antonio history, picking, and metal detecting. Six months ago...
A Ginger H and H Brand Spices Tin
We were able to add another H and H Spices tin to the collection. This one is Ginger and 1-1/2 ounces. The top and bottom are metal but the sides are printed...
Interesting H and H Crystalvac Jar
From KimmysKicks on Etsy, we bought a H and H Crystalvac Jar from Bowie, Texas. Now that we have it, there are a few interesting things about this jar.
Master Chef Regular Grind Coffee Tin
We found an original logo Master Chef coffee tin from BellaEclectic2008 on Etsy. It is missing the lid but still in nice shape. It was in San Antonio.
William H. Ukers Coffee Books
William Harrison Ukers (1873-1945) was the author of many books about coffee and tea and started the Coffee and Tea Trade Journal in 1901. We now have two of...
High Grade Coffee Tin
We’ve added a new coffee tin. This one has H and H Coffee High Grade on the front which we haven’t seen before. It was missing the lid and in rough shape but...
Alamo Cook Book
We found this item at Magic Carpet Books, a dealer of used and rare books. We don’t have much information about it, but it is a unique item for the collectio...
Master Chef Sign
Debbie Keneson scores again! She has found a large hand painted Master Chef sign. It has a red background and measures about four foot by eight foot on a thi...
Third Crystalvac Jar
eBay delivered another Crystalvac jar. This one is clear glass with a wire handle but a plain lid. The bottom has an embossed Crystalvac, Container, Reg U.S....
Vintage Coffee Pot
We’ve added a vintage “H & H Aluminum drip coffee pot”. It is three pieces and has Bakelite handles and a lid. Bakelite was one of the first plastics and...
Wait! Spices?
We won an item on eBay today that solves one of the mysteries in the factory.
More Antiques in Comfort
Debbie Keneson found more coffee tins for us! She has a Master Chef one pound and three pound. While at the Comfort Antique Mall the collectors there had ano...
Broncho Coffee & American Pickers
Not knowing anything about coffee or history, we had to start somewhere. We decided to reach out to the most famous antique dealers we knew of, the American ...
Coffee Factory Vintage Photo
To get an idea of what a coffee factory looked like in the 1930’s, we bought a vintage photo of a Chase & Sanborn Coffee Factory on eBay. There is no da...
A Coffee Whistle?
H and H Coffee is very old and doesn’t have a well documented history. Because of that we bought an item on eBay they may or may not be coffee factory relate...
A Crystalvac Jar from H and H Coffee
Today we visited the Comfort Antique Mall to pickup our jar from Debbie Keneson. The jar is a 3lbs. H and H Crystalvac glass jar with an embossed lid and a w...
Glass Bottles from Three Rivers
When researching the H and H Coffee Factory, searching the Internet found a few related images. One was of the H and H Crystalvac Jar in an article that was ...
Our First Item for the Collection
One of the first books we found related to the coffee company was “Downtown San Antonio (Images of America)” by Joan Marston Korte and David L. Peché (Amazon...