h and h blend

Four jars in seven weeks: a Crystalvac condition series

July 21, 2026 6 minute read

One-pound H and H Blend jars at every stage of survival — total label loss, no label at all, a reassembled composite, and near-pristine. Their bases date the...

H and H Blend one-pound tin and flavor-in-the-cup banner — branding crop, San Antonio Light, 8 Jan 1932

May 20, 2026 less than 1 minute read

H and H Blend Coffee cup-and-saucer brand lockup crop — San Antonio Light, 29 Oct 1926

May 20, 2026 1 minute read

H and H Coffee wing-banner with oval tin crop — Express-News, 21 Jan 1925

May 20, 2026 less than 1 minute read

H and H Blend Coffee round tin crop — The News, 5 Dec 1924

May 20, 2026 1 minute read

Hoffmann Hayman Coffee Co. footer banner crop — The News, 5 Dec 1924

May 20, 2026 less than 1 minute read

H and H Blend Coffee tin crop — San Antonio Light, 14 Mar 1924

May 20, 2026 less than 1 minute read

City National building with H and H tin co-op illustration crop — Express-News, 16 Dec 1924

May 20, 2026 1 minute read

H AND H BLEND COFFEE display panel crop — San Antonio Express, 24 May 1919

May 20, 2026 less than 1 minute read

H and H Blend display crop — The Rattler, 9 Mar 1926

May 3, 2026 less than 1 minute read

H and H Blend one-pound tin — “A man’s sized drink” ad, San Antonio Light, 26 Aug 1923

April 29, 2026 less than 1 minute read

H and H Blend one-pound pack — San Antonio Express, 29 March 1920

April 29, 2026 less than 1 minute read

H and H Blend one-pound pack — San Antonio Express, 1 November 1920

April 29, 2026 less than 1 minute read

Headline & H AND H display — crop, San Antonio Light, 8 Jan 1932

April 29, 2026 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

Alamy Stock Photo — H and H Blend Tins and a Border Brand “Cup & Saucer Premium” Pail on a Shelf Display

February 25, 2023 3 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 Blend Coffee Three-Pound Paper-Label Tin

May 1, 2019 less than 1 minute read

H and H Coffee “Fragrant” Cardboard Litho Sign

March 22, 2019 1 minute read

1929 Hoffmann-Hayman Employees at the “Fragrant…” Billboard

July 12, 2018 3 minute read

Three Rivers Glass Show, April 28-29 2017

April 29, 2017 4 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 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...

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

February 27, 2017 less than 1 minute read

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

December 5, 2016 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.

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

December 15, 2014 less than 1 minute read

Alamo Cook Book (Hoffmann-Hayman)

July 24, 2014 less than 1 minute read

Three Tins and a Crystalvac jar, Comfort

June 29, 2014 1 minute read

Welcome

April 24, 2014 1 minute read

H and H advertisement — San Antonio Express, 3 April 1972

April 3, 1972 less than 1 minute read

H and H advertisement — San Antonio Express, 22 June 1971

June 22, 1971 less than 1 minute read

H and H advertisement — San Antonio Express-News, 11 July 1970

July 11, 1970 less than 1 minute read

H and H advertisement — San Antonio Express, 12 July 1964

July 12, 1964 less than 1 minute read

H and H advertisement — Fredericksburg Standard page 3, 27 May 1964

May 27, 1964 less than 1 minute read

H and H advertisement — El Heraldo de Brownsville, 31 August 1961

August 31, 1961 1 minute read

H and H advertisement — Brownsville Herald, 7 January 1960

January 7, 1960 less than 1 minute read

H and H advertisement — Valley Morning Star page 20, 20 February 1959

February 20, 1959 2 minute read

H and H advertisement — Brownsville Herald page 15, 20 February 1958

February 20, 1958 1 minute read

H and H advertisement — Corpus Christi Caller-Times page 29, 23 January 1958

January 23, 1958 less than 1 minute read

H and H advertisement — San Antonio Express, 7 November 1957

November 7, 1957 2 minute read

H and H advertisement — Corpus Christi Caller-Times page 30, 2 December 1954

December 2, 1954 less than 1 minute read

H and H advertisement — Corpus Christi Caller-Times page 37, 9 September 1954

September 9, 1954 less than 1 minute read

H and H advertisement — Corpus Christi Caller-Times, 8 July 1954

July 8, 1954 less than 1 minute read

H and H advertisement — Corpus Christi Caller-Times page 20, 30 January 1953

January 30, 1953 less than 1 minute read

H and H advertisement — Valley Morning Star page 18, 2 November 1952

November 2, 1952 less than 1 minute read

H and H advertisement — Kerrville Mountain Sun page 11, 24 April 1952

April 24, 1952 1 minute read

H and H advertisement — Corpus Christi Caller-Times page 25, 1 February 1952

February 1, 1952 1 minute read

H and H advertisement — Valley Morning Star page 13, 18 January 1952

January 18, 1952 less than 1 minute read

H and H advertisement — Valley Morning Star page 13 (second export), 18 January 1952

January 18, 1952 less than 1 minute read

H and H advertisement — Hondo Anvil Herald page 17, 1 June 1951

June 1, 1951 less than 1 minute read

H and H advertisement — Valley Morning Star, 6 March 1951

March 6, 1951 less than 1 minute read

H and H advertisement — Shiner Gazette page 5, 14 April 1949

April 14, 1949 less than 1 minute read

H and H advertisement — San Antonio Register, 17 November 1938

November 17, 1938 less than 1 minute read

H and H advertisement — Brownsville Herald, 7 July 1938

July 7, 1938 less than 1 minute read

Coffee bag booth ad — Hoffmann-Hayman (San Antonio Light, 9 Jun 1938)

June 9, 1938 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

Anita Coffee — H and H, Bastrop Advertiser, 2 September 1937

September 2, 1937 less than 1 minute read

Blue Bonnets package with coffee — San Antonio Register, 17 July 1936

July 17, 1936 1 minute read

H and H — San Antonio Express, 13 April 1936

April 13, 1936 2 minute read

H and H advertisement — San Antonio Register, 15 November 1935

November 15, 1935 less than 1 minute read

H and H — San Antonio Express, 11 November 1935

November 11, 1935 5 minute read

H and H advertisement — San Antonio Register, 8 November 1935

November 8, 1935 less than 1 minute read

H and H advertisement — Valley Morning Star, 25 October 1935

October 25, 1935 less than 1 minute read

Display ad — Quality H and H products (Sam Houston, Blend, Texas Girl) — Express-News, 22 Jul 1935

July 22, 1935 less than 1 minute read

H and H — Brownsville Herald page 8, 28 May 1935

May 28, 1935 1 minute read

H and H advertisement — San Antonio Register, 2 November 1934

November 2, 1934 less than 1 minute read

Thank you and H and H Appreciation Month — The News, 19 Oct 1934

October 19, 1934 1 minute read

Texas Girl at H. E. Smith Grocery — Tulia Herald, 18 October 1934

October 18, 1934 less than 1 minute read

H and H 30th anniversary — Tulia Herald (variant 3), 18 October 1934

October 18, 1934 less than 1 minute read

H and H 30th anniversary — Tulia Herald (variant 2), 18 October 1934

October 18, 1934 less than 1 minute read

H and H 30th anniversary — Tulia Herald (variant 1), 18 October 1934

October 18, 1934 1 minute read

H and H advertisement — San Antonio Register, 12 October 1934

October 12, 1934 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

H and H — San Antonio Express, 10 September 1934

September 10, 1934 2 minute read

H and H advertisement — Lubbock Morning Avalanche, 20 July 1934

July 20, 1934 less than 1 minute read

H and H Tea advertisement — San Antonio Register (2 of 2), 22 June 1934

June 22, 1934 1 minute read

H and H Tea advertisement — San Antonio Register (1 of 2), 22 June 1934

June 22, 1934 less than 1 minute read

Popular trio of H. & H. products — Sam Houston, H and H Crystalvac, Texas Girl — The News, 26 May 1934

May 26, 1934 2 minute read

H and H — San Antonio Express page 2, 17 May 1934

May 17, 1934 1 minute read

H and H advertisement — San Antonio Register, 11 May 1934

May 11, 1934 less than 1 minute read

H and H advertisement — San Antonio Register, 4 May 1934

May 4, 1934 less than 1 minute read

H and H advertisement — The Llano News, 3 May 1934

May 3, 1934 less than 1 minute read

Solo-Serve grocery endorses H and H Crystalvac Coffee — San Antonio Light, 2 May 1934

May 2, 1934 1 minute read

H and H advertisement — San Antonio Register, 20 April 1934

April 20, 1934 less than 1 minute read

“A Brand for Every Demand” — Hoffmann-Hayman 1934 product census ad, San Antonio Light, 16 March 1934

March 16, 1934 1 minute read

H and H — San Antonio Express page 9, 12 March 1934

March 12, 1934 1 minute read

H and H — San Antonio Express Monday morning page 9, 12 March 1934

March 12, 1934 1 minute read

H and H — San Antonio Express page 8, New Year’s Eve 1933

December 31, 1933 4 minute read

H and H — San Antonio Express page 7, 27 November 1933

November 27, 1933 4 minute read

H and H advertisement — San Antonio Register, 10 November 1933

November 10, 1933 less than 1 minute read

H and H — San Antonio Register Vol. 3 No. 31, main edition, 3 November 1933

November 3, 1933 less than 1 minute read

H and H — San Antonio Register Vol. 3 No. 31, section 3, 3 November 1933

November 3, 1933 1 minute read

H and H advertisement — San Antonio Register, 3 November 1933

November 3, 1933 less than 1 minute read

H and H advertisement — San Antonio Register, 27 October 1933

October 27, 1933 less than 1 minute read

H and H advertisement — Corpus Christi Caller-Times, 13 October 1933

October 13, 1933 3 minute read

“DO YOU KNOW? Special Fine Grind H and H Coffee” — Hoffmann-Hayman product-line ad, The News, 2 June 1933

June 2, 1933 1 minute read

Beer, or No Beer—We’ll Still Have Coffee — Express-News, 27 Mar 1933

March 27, 1933 2 minute read

H and H Crystalvac SPECIAL OFFER — 3-lb. Handy Glass Jar premium bundle, San Antonio Light, 23 December 1932

December 23, 1932 1 minute read

Open house — San Antonio Light page 7, 20 December 1932

December 20, 1932 2 minute read

H and H Coffee — vacuum packed in reusable Crystal jar (The News, 22 Oct 1932)

October 22, 1932 less than 1 minute read

H and H advertisement — San Antonio Register, 14 October 1932

October 14, 1932 1 minute read

H and H — San Antonio Register page 5 of 8, 29 July 1932

July 29, 1932 5 minute read

“H & H Coffee Co. Sees ‘32 Banner Year” — The News, 5 Mar 1932

March 5, 1932 2 minute read

“For fine-flavor drink” — H and H Coffee — The News, 5 Mar 1932

March 5, 1932 1 minute read

The Real Way to Judge Coffee — H and H ad, San Antonio Light, 8 January 1932

January 8, 1932 1 minute read

H and H advertisement — Amarillo Globe-Times, 27 March 1931

March 27, 1931 less than 1 minute read

H and H advertisement — Corpus Christi Caller-Times, 3 March 1931

March 3, 1931 less than 1 minute read

H and H advertisement — Lubbock Morning Avalanche, 29 November 1930

November 29, 1930 less than 1 minute read

‘That’s Good Coffee’ — H and H, San Antonio Express, 29 October 1930

October 29, 1930 less than 1 minute read

H and H advertisement — Corpus Christi Caller-Times, 26 September 1930

September 26, 1930 1 minute read

“Clip This Coupon” — Hoffmann-Hayman three-brand 5¢ coupon ad, San Antonio Light, 14 February 1930

February 14, 1930 2 minute read

H and H Coffee paper sample cup

January 1, 1930 less than 1 minute read

‘A complement to your finest dinner’ — H and H Blend ad (Express-News, 6 Feb 1929)

February 6, 1929 less than 1 minute read

H and H on San Antonio Express page 10 — 11 May 1927

May 11, 1927 1 minute read

Christmas display ad — H and H Blend Coffee (Santa sleigh) — The News, 22 Dec 1926

December 22, 1926 less than 1 minute read

‘Largest Coffee Plant in Southwest Texas’ — Hoffmann-Hayman ad, 28 Nov 1926

November 28, 1926 1 minute read

Display ad — H and H Blend Coffee — San Antonio Light, 29 Oct 1926

October 29, 1926 1 minute read

H and H Blend display ad — The Rattler (St. Mary’s), 9 Mar 1926, page 4

March 9, 1926 1 minute read

H and H advertisement — Hondo Anvil Herald, 16 May 1925

May 16, 1925 less than 1 minute read

H and H advertisement — Hondo Anvil Herald, 14 February 1925

February 14, 1925 1 minute read

H and H advertisement — Hondo Anvil Herald, 3 January 1925

January 3, 1925 less than 1 minute read

City National Bank feature with H and H Coffee — Express-News, 16 Dec 1924

December 16, 1924 1 minute read

Display ad — H and H Blend Coffee (round tin) — The News, 5 Dec 1924

December 5, 1924 less than 1 minute read

H and H advertisement — Hondo Anvil Herald, 11 October 1924

October 11, 1924 less than 1 minute read

H and H advertisement — Hondo Anvil Herald, 10 May 1924 (page 6)

May 10, 1924 less than 1 minute read

The whole truth about H and H coffee — San Antonio Light, 14 Mar 1924

March 14, 1924 less than 1 minute read

H and H advertisement — Hondo Anvil Herald, 8 March 1924

March 8, 1924 less than 1 minute read

H and H advertisement — Hondo Anvil Herald, 20 October 1923

October 20, 1923 less than 1 minute read

H and H Coffee at Joske’s fifty years — San Antonio Light, 7 October 1923

October 7, 1923 less than 1 minute read

The secret is in blend — San Antonio Light, 26 Aug 1923

August 26, 1923 less than 1 minute read

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

August 26, 1923 1 minute read

E. E. Knous, restaurant specialist — San Antonio Light, 26 Aug 1923

August 26, 1923 less than 1 minute read

A man’s sized drink — H and H Coffee — San Antonio Light, 26 Aug 1923

August 26, 1923 1 minute read

H and H Blend Coffee — “A Fortress for a Day’s Beginning,” Brownwood Bulletin, 20 April 1923

April 20, 1923 2 minute read

H and H advertisement — Brownwood Bulletin, 20 April 1923

April 20, 1923 less than 1 minute read

H and H advertisement — San Antonio Evening News, Christmas Day 1922

December 25, 1922 less than 1 minute read

H and H advertisement — San Antonio Evening News, 17 November 1922

November 17, 1922 3 minute read

H and H Blend — display ad (San Antonio Light, 5 Nov 1922)

November 5, 1922 less than 1 minute read

H and H advertisement — San Antonio Evening News, 10 October 1922

October 10, 1922 less than 1 minute read

H and H advertisement — Hondo Anvil Herald, 23 September 1922

September 23, 1922 less than 1 minute read

H and H advertisement — San Antonio Evening News, 15 September 1922

September 15, 1922 less than 1 minute read

H and H Blend grinds and sizes — San Antonio Evening News, 18 Apr 1922

April 18, 1922 1 minute read

H and H advertisement — San Antonio Evening News, 8 March 1922

March 8, 1922 less than 1 minute read

H and H advertisement — San Antonio Evening News, 15 February 1922

February 15, 1922 less than 1 minute read

Thank you! — Christmas-season ad — San Antonio Evening News, 24 Dec 1921

December 24, 1921 less than 1 minute read

H and H Coffee? Yes ma’am — San Antonio Evening News, 23 Dec 1921

December 23, 1921 less than 1 minute read

Say— that H and H is good coffee — San Antonio Evening News, 9 Dec 1921

December 9, 1921 1 minute read

Are you satisfied with your coffee — H and H Blend, San Antonio Evening News, 29 Nov 1921

November 29, 1921 less than 1 minute read

Hoffmann-Hayman ‘pioneer concern’ — San Antonio Light, 14 Aug 1921

August 14, 1921 1 minute read

Have you ordered your tea yet — H and H Tea, San Antonio Evening News, 14 Jun 1921

June 14, 1921 less than 1 minute read

When Coffee Came to America — H and H Blend — San Antonio Express, 1 Nov 1920

November 1, 1920 less than 1 minute read

There’s an art in making good coffee — H and H Blend, San Antonio Evening News, 28 Oct 1920

October 28, 1920 less than 1 minute read

The secret of jolly breakfasts — H. and H. Coffee, San Antonio Evening News, 20 Oct 1920

October 20, 1920 1 minute read

Coffee company business grows at rapid pace — Express-News, 1 Aug 1920

August 1, 1920 1 minute read

H and H advertisement — San Antonio Evening News, 18 June 1920

June 18, 1920 less than 1 minute read

417 stores sell it — H and H Blend — San Antonio Express, 29 March 1920

March 29, 1920 less than 1 minute read

H and H advertisement — San Antonio Express, 22 March 1920

March 22, 1920 less than 1 minute read

H and H advertisement — San Antonio Express, 18 March 1920

March 18, 1920 less than 1 minute read

Over 400 grocers sell H. & H. Coffee—San Antonio Evening News, 15 March 1920

March 15, 1920 2 minute read

Coffee Company Prospers — H. & H. Blend sold all over Southwest Texas — Express-News, 30 Jan 1920

January 30, 1920 less than 1 minute read

H and H Blend vs. premiums—San Antonio Express, 10 December 1919

December 10, 1919 2 minute read

H and H advertisement — San Antonio Express, 2 December 1919

December 2, 1919 less than 1 minute read

H and H retail ad — San Antonio Express, 21 November 1919

November 21, 1919 less than 1 minute read

Coffee company striking example of city’s growth — San Antonio Light, 11 Nov 1919

November 11, 1919 3 minute read

H and H Blend — M.I.S.A. Show final night, San Antonio Express, 24 May 1919

May 24, 1919 less than 1 minute read

H and H Blend — M.I.S.A. Show at Beethoven Hall, San Antonio Express, 23 May 1919

May 23, 1919 less than 1 minute read

Model Grocery testimonial — H. & H. Blend Coffee, San Antonio Evening News, 19 Mar 1919

March 19, 1919 1 minute read

New Year greeting — H and H Blend Coffee, San Antonio Express, 1 Jan 1919

January 1, 1919 1 minute read

H and H Brand Coffee ad — San Antonio Express, 10 Feb 1918

February 10, 1918 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

‘No premiums—no schemes’ — H. and H. Blend, 9 Mar 1917

March 9, 1917 less than 1 minute read

‘Good coffee’ — housewife copy for H. & H. Blend, 8 Mar 1917

March 8, 1917 less than 1 minute read

H. & H. Blend at the Express Cooking School — 4 Mar 1917

March 4, 1917 less than 1 minute read

“A Cup of Good Coffee” — San Antonio Express-News, 28 May 1916

May 28, 1916 1 minute read

‘Not a telephone directory’ — H. & H. Blend grocer list tease, 3 Mar 1916

March 3, 1916 less than 1 minute read

‘Oldest man in the world’ — H. & H. Blend column, 2 Mar 1916

March 2, 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

Christmas 1914 — H. & H. Blend thank-you, teasers for 1915

December 25, 1914 1 minute read

‘Coffee Week’ — H. & H. Blend display, 19 Oct 1914

October 19, 1914 less than 1 minute read