Hills Brothers Coffee
Hills Bros. Coffee is a maker of packaged coffee in San Francisco.The company has its origins with the sons of Austin Hills (1823-1905), who was born inRockland, Maine, in 1823. Austin Hills' business in California was building clipper ships. His three sons were Austin Herbert Hills (1851-1933), Earnest Hills, and Reuben Wilmarth Hills I (1856-1934), although Earnest was involved in the coffee business for only a short time.The coffee business was founded in San Francisco in 1878.In 1900, Hills Bros. began packing roast coffee in vacuum sealed cans. They incorporated under the Hills Bros. name in 1906. In 1926 Hills Bros. moved its operations to 2 Harrison Street in San Francisco, a Romanesque revival building on the Embarcaderodesigned by George W. Kelham that is now a city landmark.
Hills Brothers Coffee
Hills Brothers Coffee
Hills Brothers Coffee
Hills Brothers Coffee
Hills Brothers Coffee
Hills Brothers Coffee
Hills Brothers Coffee
Hills Brothers Coffee
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