Popular Trio of H. & H. Products pillar art — branding crop, The News, 26 May 1934
Three-package pillar illustration anchoring the “Popular Trio of H. & H. Products” feature: from left to right, a Sam Houston Coffee tin (round, with center medallion), an H-H Coffee Crystalvac glass jar (squat, screw-cap, with H-H label band), and a Texas Girl Coffee bag (cellophane-protected, cameo portrait label). Above the trio runs the slogan banner “We roast them, others praise them”; below, a swag banner reads “H AND H FINE COFFEES.”
The frame is a compact portrait of how Hoffmann-Hayman positioned its three flagship coffee brands as parallel formats in mid-1934: glass for premium freshness (H and H), tin for tradition and weight (Sam Houston), bag for economy and breadth (Texas Girl). The Crystalvac jar shown here is the only vacuum-glass coffee package then roasted in San Antonio, and the trio composition makes the packaging system itself the brand argument — three vessels, three price points, one roaster, one slogan.
Transcription
Popular Trio of H. & H. Products
“We roast them, others praise them”
H AND H FINE COFFEES
Source
- See Popular trio of H. & H. products — Sam Houston, H and H Crystalvac, Texas Girl — The News, 26 May 1934 for full context and the verbatim “Crystalvac” copy.
