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Master Chef roastery signage — crop, San Antonio Light, 27 September 1959

May 6, 2026 less than 1 minute read

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

April 26, 2026 4 minute read

Old Roaster Switch at the H and H Coffee Factory

January 5, 2025 less than 1 minute read

A ‘G — M — A’ Surveyor’s Marker in Delaware Street, in Front of the Factory’s Entry Gate

December 23, 2024 5 minute read

Wilhelmina “Minnie” Menger Hoffmann — International Women’s Day

March 8, 2023 less than 1 minute read

“Marzo 5 – 1952 / Marzo 25 – 1953 / Marzo 18 – 1954” — Three Pencil Dates on the Upstairs East Wall

February 1, 2023 3 minute read

“Agosto 8 – 56” — A Fourth Pencil Date, on a Pan-Formed Concrete Ceiling Joist

February 1, 2023 3 minute read

“Febrero 11 – 53” — A Pencil Date on the Seam Between the Expansion and the Original Plant

February 1, 2023 4 minute read

H and H Coffee Factory South Face at Sunset, 14 March 2021

March 14, 2021 1 minute read

Thunderbirds “America Strong” Flyover from the H and H Factory Roof, 13 May 2020

May 13, 2020 1 minute read

Hopper Car at the H and H Coffee Factory Siding

April 16, 2019 less than 1 minute read

H and H Coffee Factory — South End and West Flank from the Rail Siding at Dusk, February 2019

February 7, 2019 1 minute read

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

July 12, 2018 1 minute read

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

Alamo National Bank Statement Fragments — Found in the Wall

June 20, 2017 less than 1 minute read

Keeping Inventory in the 1940s — Wall Notes

June 17, 2017 less than 1 minute read

Three Rivers Glass Show, April 28-29 2017

April 29, 2017 4 minute read

GW Mitchell — Hoffmann-Hayman Delaware factory flashback (blog PDF, 2017)

January 30, 2017 less than 1 minute read

Factory Construction by G. W. Mitchell

December 2, 2016 less than 1 minute read

A very special factory tour — Menger family

December 18, 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...

Wait! Spices?

July 1, 2014 1 minute read

Coffee factory interior — Maxwell House cases and jar line

June 27, 2014 1 minute read

East-wing shed — Master Chef plywood and shipping-crate boards in the walls

May 28, 2014 1 minute read

Exploring the metal-roofed shed attached to the east wing of the plant in May 2014, we found interior partition walls built from salvaged sheet goods and cra...

San Antonio Express classified — vehicles at 601 Delaware, 4 Mar 1975

March 4, 1975 less than 1 minute read

‘Top Coffee Plant in S.A.’ — Hoffmann-Hayman profile (San Antonio Light, 27 Sep 1959)

September 27, 1959 2 minute read

Firemen Get 15 Alarms in Day — San Antonio Light, 26 January 1947

January 26, 1947 less than 1 minute read

Too Hot for Coffee — San Antonio Light, 14 July 1946

July 14, 1946 less than 1 minute read

Loading dock addition — Hoffmann-Hayman in building permits, Express, 14 July 1939

July 14, 1939 less than 1 minute read

Thank you — 33 years of H and H — San Antonio Light, 21 Nov 1937

November 21, 1937 1 minute read

Supplying trade with H & H coffee — San Antonio Light, 21 Nov 1937

November 21, 1937 less than 1 minute read

30 years of progress — H and H ad illustration — San Antonio Light, 12 Oct 1934

October 12, 1934 1 minute read

‘San Antonio Has Ideal Manufacturing Conditions’ — booster page with Hoffmann-Hayman photo (23 Jul 1933)

July 23, 1933 4 minute read

Talk Talks With Gun and Burglars Make Fleet Exit — The News, 9 March 1933

March 9, 1933 1 minute read

Lions Club Members to Inspect New Plant — San Antonio Express-News, 28 December 1932

December 28, 1932 less than 1 minute read

Tiny Roaster in New H-H Plant Scores Great Hit — The News, 21 December 1932

December 21, 1932 1 minute read

New H and H Coffee Plant About Ready for Occupancy — The News, 5 November 1932

November 5, 1932 less than 1 minute read

Trade week visitors invited to Hoffmann–Hayman plant — Express-News, 27 Jul 1924

July 27, 1924 less than 1 minute read

The new home of a great institution — San Antonio Light, 26 Aug 1923

August 26, 1923 1 minute read

‘Army folks and civilians’ — H. & H. Blend, 2 Nov 1917

November 2, 1917 less than 1 minute read

Liberty Loan page — Hoffmann-Hayman among sponsors, 19 Oct 1917

October 19, 1917 less than 1 minute read

Wholesale package line — Wesco, H. & H., Broncho, Juanita, 19 Aug 1917

August 19, 1917 1 minute read

Retail merchants of Texas — booth at Manufacturers’ Club, 13 Jun 1916

June 13, 1916 1 minute read

Leap Day ‘Symphony Day’ — H. & H. Blend, free match box, 29 Feb 1916

February 29, 1916 1 minute read

Hoffmann-Hayman — Express anniversary salute and H. & H. Blend (gallery date 20 May 1915)

May 20, 1915 1 minute read

Hoffmann-Hayman salutes Fredericksburg trade — 17 Nov 1913

November 17, 1913 1 minute read

Hoffmann-Hayman wholesale ad — new North Medina plant, 10 Aug 1913

August 10, 1913 1 minute read