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...
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...
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...
Zintgraff Collection at the UTSA Institute of Texan Cultures
A visit to the Institute of Texan Cultures at UTSA to pull the H and H holdings from the Zintgraff Collection, a San Antonio commercial-photography archive d...
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...
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.
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...
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 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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
Visiting Mi Tierra Café for the Holidays
Pedro Cortez bought the Toyo Café in Market Square in 1941 and renamed it “Mi Tierra” (“My Land”). Since then, the Cortez family has operated a number of res...
Interesting H and H Master Chef Sighting
We picked up the August/September - Issue No. 18 of Edible San Antonio. They published an article about La Familia Cortez Restaurants celebrating 75 years in...
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.
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 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.
Newspaper Clippings Gallery
Using online archives of scanned newspapers, we have been collecting clippings of news articles, advertisements, and related items. A section for Newspaper A...
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.
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...
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...
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...