bremen

The Beyer package looks like it's ink for a fountain pen. The Saman Tee packet looks like the "Finest English Mix" tea. the other two...no clue. Obviously "Kaffee" is coffee, but what's "hag"? Maybe it's instant? ETA: Turns out Kaffe HAG is the "Kaffee Handelsgesellschaft AG". The product is Coffein Frier Kaffee, or Caffeine Free Coffee. I love the typefaces used here, especially on the "Kaffee Hag" packet.

Beyer "best dedicated ink for fountain pens" Saman tea " finest english mix" Kaffe Hag "coffein free coffee" (nowadays "Kaffee Hag" is a synonym for decaffeinated coffee. Osiso from Fr. Hülsemann-Barmen (Barmen was suburbanized into Wuppertal, a town where the Bayer-group (company for medicin...) was founded), not far from cologne. Hülsemann is a company which still produces coatings.

Bremen

Cathedral Bremen, city hall

A Capt. Seebohm commanded the German cruiser, Bremen. See June 12, 1912 NYT query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9A06EFD7153CE633A... "GERMAN ADMIRAL TOASTS PRESIDENT; Mayor Gaynor Responds by Toasting the Kaiser at the Luncheon on the Moltke. Rear Admiral von Rebeur-Paschwitz, commanding the visiting German squadron, was the host of Mayor Gaynor and hundreds of other well-known New Yorkers aboard his flagship, the battle cruiser Moltke, yesterday afternoon. The occasion was the Admiral's official reception to more than 2,000 invited guests, and the reception was preceded by an official luncheon on board of each of the three visiting warships, the luncheon guests numbering about fifty." The Bremen was one of the 3 warships and Seebohm hosted the lunch aboard.