I don't think you're crazy at all. [] If people back in the teens, twenties and thirties had thought like you do, we'd have more of the cool Art Deco type jars with neat labels. They usually saved the jars, but not the original lids or labels.
Because of that, many of the really neat coffee jars (like Tammy posted a while back) with mint labels command premium prices today.
Someone will appreciate the fact you saved these today. We are such a "throw away" society now. (And no 'privies' to toss 'em in for future diggers!) []
hi mike, that is an interesting ideal. i don't know how easy they are to find. i have a couple of older ones with labels that i found in an old house. i need to find a job that will let me go thru old houses[]. i use to buy old houses fix them up and sell them. way too expensive now. any ideals. good luck, rhona