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Master Chef Paper Cup

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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 ...

Visiting Mi Tierra Café for the Holidays

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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...

Factory Construction by G. W. Mitchell

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The Great Depression hit George’s business like everyone else’s. After almost decade of growth, housing and construction slowed. Scrounging for repair and...

Interesting H and H Master Chef Sighting

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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...

H and H Spices Black Pepper

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This web site has brought in fantastic donation! Shipped from Torrington, Wyoming by a “dedicated advertising collector”, it originated from an auction in Ch...

Small Crystalvac Coffee Jar

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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...