Big Top National Home Show — Hoffman-Hayman among manufacturers, Light, 27 September 1939
September 1939 Light promotion for a women’s feature during San Antonio’s Big Top National Home Show — Edison Mildred Hickman program at the Municipal Auditorium, plus attendance prizes for clubs. The fine print lists local manufacturers participating on a set date; Hoffmann-Hayman appears in that San Antonio Manufacturers Association roster alongside food and beverage names.
Transcription (excerpt)
A Feature FOR WOMEN during San Antonio’s BIG TOP NATIONAL HOME SHOW
(Portrait: Miss Mildred Hickman — Home Economics Department Manager, Edison General Electric Company, Chicago.)
Program: “WOMAN IS FREE AT LAST” — Wednesday, October 4, 2:00 P.M., Municipal Auditorium.
$50.00 CASH Attendance PRIZES FOR CHURCH AND CLUB GROUPS (first $25, second $15, third $10; tickets at Manager’s Office, 8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m.).Participating manufacturers (San Antonio Manufacturers Association), Wednesday, October 4, include: Alamo Dressed Beef Co.; Alamo Products Co.; Bohnet’s Bakery; Borden Company; Coca-Cola Bottling Co.; C. P. Laboratories; Dr. Pepper Bottling Co.; Evangeline Coffee Roasted Food Corp.; Gebhardt’s Chili Powder Co.; Heising Canning Co.; Hoffman-Hayman Coffee Co.; Knowlton’s Creamery; Liberty Mills; Lutz Mfg. Company; Mitchell’s Laboratories; Patit Laboratories; Pioneer Flour Mills; Roebard Coffee & Tea Co.; Roeglein Provision Co.; V-UP Texas Corporation; Voss Vegetable Oil Co.
Source
- “1939 Big Top National Home Show,” San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), 27 September 1939, p. 17, Newspapers.com, https://www.newspapers.com/image/1258801034/ (accessed 2 May 2026).
- Archived export:
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