“Agosto 8 – 56” — A Fourth Pencil Date, on a Pan-Formed Concrete Ceiling Joist
Two minutes after photographing the ‘Marzo’ pencil dates on the east wall of the second-floor expansion room above the office on 1 February 2023, I looked up...
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“Febrero 11 – 53” — A Pencil Date on the Seam Between the Expansion and the Original Plant
This frame is two things at once: another pencilled date in the upstairs expansion room above the office, and a frame that documents a construction seam in t...
H and H Master Chef Two Pound Tin
A large two-pound cylindrical keywind tin in bright red, carrying the redesigned mid-century Master Chef label: the angled yellow-and-black “H AND H” tag tuc...
Hand-Painted H and H Lettering — Ghost Sign on Exposed Brick
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...
Harnit & Hewitt Mocha Coffee Tin, Toledo (Not Hoffmann-Hayman)
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 Factory South Face at Sunset, 14 March 2021
A tight oblique view of the 1932 Hoffmann-Hayman Coffee Co. factory’s south face at 8:16 PM on 14 March 2021 — right at sunset for San Antonio that date, pho...
Thunderbirds “America Strong” Flyover from the H and H Factory Roof, 13 May 2020
Looking north from the roof of the 1932 Hoffmann-Hayman Coffee Co. factory on the afternoon of 13 May 2020, the rust-brown tops of the plant’s coffee-silo he...
