Research Update: Week of June 6, 2026
A second sitting with the Draves family, and the deer-mount patent we’d only heard about finally has a number: Edward W. Menger’s US 2,003,896, ‘Horn Mount’ ...
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Research Update: Week of June 1, 2026
Tim Draves sent corrections that resolved a generation: the H&H Mengers are grandchildren — not great-grandchildren — of Menger Hotel founder William A. ...
Research Update: Week of June 4, 2026
The Menger family genealogy resolved across three generations, William A. Menger’s full biography documented, cause-of-death confirmations for two Hoffmanns,...
Antique Arms Annual, 1st Edition — S.P. Stevens, Publisher; R.L. Wilson, Editor (TGCA, 1971)
The first edition of the TGCA’s Antique Arms Annual, published by S.P. Stevens of San Antonio — the same Stevens documented as the probable H&H Coffee bi...
The Menger Family Genealogy Page
A photocopy of the Menger family tree — the document that names Minnie Menger, who married the company founder, and her brothers Gus and R.W. who ran Hoffman...
H and H Coffee Three-Pound Square Glass Jar — Regular Grind, Red Lid, Paper Label
A three-pound Crystalvac square jar with the original red painted metal lid and a paper label retaining the full H and H typography — the first labeled three...
American Can Company 1934 Trade Ad — Closing Machine, Factory Floor, ‘Getting Things Off on the Right Foot’
A 1934 American Can Company trade print ad showing a Canco closing machine on the factory floor — the machinery class H and H would install for vacuum-can pa...
A Two-Pound Master Chef Pair Bracketing Two Label Generations
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...
From a 25-pound lard-can roaster to the finest plant in the South — H and H coffee equipment, 1904–1960s
The story of Hoffmann-Hayman’s production equipment is a straight line from a single cast-iron drum small enough to carry by hand to a multi-roaster operatio...
S. P. Stevens and the H and H Master Chef sign — visual comparison
Family lore says Stanford P. Stevens painted H and H Coffee billboards before founding Stevens Outdoor Advertising. Two signed oils — a 1954 cowboy and a 195...
Ghost sign — hand-painted H and H on exposed brick solved
Artifact Snapshot Era: Type: Brands: H and H Blend Coffee Confidence: medium Evidence and Sources On-site ghost...
H and H Coffee Clip-and-Save Coupons
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.
East-wing shed — Master Chef plywood and shipping-crate boards in the walls
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...
