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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.

"[...]SEIFE IST VON WOHLTUENDER WIRKUNG[...]" "[...]ERZEUGT EINEN ÜBERAUS MILDEN CREME[...]" "[...]OILETTE - MAN[...]" "[...]ER - F.HAGER - STETTIN[...]" Could be some kind of soap especially for shaving (in german called "Rasierseife").

They say "lebkuchen," a sort of gingerbread cookie -- yum.

Bärenlebkuchen have been made from the company Gebrüder (=Brothers) Schmidt in Mainbernheim, Southern Germany. Lebkuchen are really delicious, my favourite "cookies" at christmas.

Thanks to both of you for providing more information about the cans of German cookies in this photograph. We will update the title information the next time we edit this record.

"Original Nuernberger Lebkuchendose" or in english "Original Nuremberg Lebkuchen-Tin" (Nuremberg resident)