1930

Workers preparing to ship Folgers Regular Grind and new Folgers Drip Grind.

1960

The New Orleans coffee roasting and packing plant.

1854

An original coffee barrel from J.A. Folger & Co, which would store roasted coffee beans. 

1899

Promotional calendar from J.A. Folger & Company.

1970

The mountain image has been associated with Folgers canisters since 1915.

1980

“The Great Folgers Switch” secretly switched unsuspecting coffee drinkers’ regular coffee with Folgers Crystals.

1987

This Folgers Coffee Machine ERTL ride-on racer promotion.

1963

Pictured in the foreground are the gold decorative canisters featuring the Folger’s ship logo.

1949

Try Folgers Coffee with ice.

1970

Folgers Decaffeinated in the green can was introduced.

1850

The Pioneer Coffee logo featured a gold miner standing beside a Sierra stream.

1975

Folgers Crystals is introduced with the “Tastes as Rich It as Looks” campaign.

1940

Salesmen were enlisted to find and clean glass jars, while packers struggled to make airtight lids out of waxed cardboard.  

1941

An advertisement during World War II informing customers about Folgers updated packaging in order to conserve metal. 

1968

This ad from 1968 highlighted a Folgers variety made especially for the electric percolator. 

1930

This Folger’s temperature gauge was a promotional display item.

1951

The first Folgers TV commercial, “The Talking Mountain,” featured a speaking volcano.

1940

“When I Say Coffee, I Mean Folgers” slogan is introduced.

1852

An 1852 ad for William Bovee’s coffee and spice mill, where James Folgers gets his first job in San Francisco. 

2005

A commemorative Folgers can was sold to assist with the Hurricane Katrina relief efforts in New Orleans.