Hancock Peanut Company

Logo for Hancock Peanut Company 2025: a peanut with sunglasses, bold yellow company name, three horizontal stripes (purple, red, yellow), and "Company" in a yellow box on the right.
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Hancock History

Welcome! Below you’ll find some pictures from the past that we will eventually be adding to. We hope you enjoy our little piece of history, and we’d be honored if you supported our shop. Thank you for stopping by! 

Explore the history

We invite you to have a look at some original 8mm peanut harvest footage and Hancock Peanut Company operations from 50+ years ago. 

A vintage black and white photo of 18 men in work clothes and hats posing on the Hancock Peanut Company Harvester, a large old-fashioned machine with big wheels, suggests a peanut farming scene in Hancock County. A hand-drawn sketch of 18 people, named and numbered, standing and sitting on stairs outside Hancock Peanut Company | Benthal | Who's Who—some wear hats, one holds a hat—suggesting a gathering at the shop.
A vintage black and white photo shows five adults standing and one man seated indoors against a wooden wall, dressed formally, posing for the camera at the Hancock Peanut Company | Hancock Family gathering.
A vintage black-and-white photo shows three men and three women standing outdoors, smiling at the camera with trees and a classic car behind them—a charming glimpse into Hancock Peanut Company | Gen 1 & Gen 2’s rich history.
A man in a short-sleeve shirt and tie stands next to a woman in a dress before a vintage car. The black-and-white photo shows classic style, possibly featuring figures from the Hancock Peanut Company | Big PaPa Big MaMa era.
A newspaper article titled Famed Mr. Peanut Was Suffolk Born, part of Hancock Peanut Company | Clippings 1, features a sketch of Joseph M. Bangley and discusses his role in the early days of Planters Nut & Chocolate Co.
A WW2 soldier in uniform kneels by a wooden bridge, holding a rifle. "Rough + tough me 751t" is handwritten below. Hancock Peanut Company buildings and plants are visible in the background. Product: Hancock Peanut Company | Garth S. Hancock | WW2.
A vintage photo captures a smiling woman and man in front of an old Hancock car. The man, holding peanuts, and the woman are believed to be Garth S. Hancock and Josephine H. Hancock Ford of the Hancock Peanut Company.
Black and white photo of a man with short hair in a light collared shirt, facing the camera. The top edge shows yellowish discoloration, recalling aged packaging from Hancock Peanut Company | Garth S. Hancock.
A man in military uniform stands beside a woman in a fur-trimmed winter coat on stone steps, echoing the classic black-and-white style of Hancock Peanut Company founders Garth S. Hancock and Josephine H. Hancock.
A vintage, faded black-and-white photo split in two: the top shows a blurry figure by a building; the bottom features Garth S. Hancock of Hancock Peanut Company, tousled hair, outdoors, taking a thoughtful selfie.
An elderly man with large glasses, a dark suit, white shirt, and striped tie stands before a light textured background, reflecting the dignified style of Hancock Peanut Company | Garth S. Hancock 1.