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When the team of the Experimental Station of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters Association needed a break, they jumped into a putt-putt out of Honolulu and flew to Mapulehu, Molokai for fishing, BBQ, fresh fruit off the trees, beer, and hanging… Continue Reading →
“Absolutely fireproof bath house in hotel” That’s it, I’m sold, let’s go! Best envelope ever. I guess bathhouse fires were a concern in 1915? Also, the list of diseases cured is incredible. This letter was sent to Albert J. in… Continue Reading →
To: Albert John Mangelsdorf, c/o Seedman, Atchison, Kansas From: Duke, Pleasant Hill, Missouri Dear Al, No, I’m not sick. Neither do I want any great favor. What I want to know, what you folks can lay down at this time… Continue Reading →
In 1921 the seed company was named The Mangelsdorf Seed Company, changed from Mangelsdorf Bros in 1917. Family members, including many of co-founder Ernst August’s seventeen children, played a role in the company. He had retired from the seed company… Continue Reading →
The manufacturer’s date on the seed package is Feb 14, 1893, but that appears to be the date the envelope design was patented, so we can’t tell what years it was used by the seed company. We have a few… Continue Reading →
Photos taken around the world, mostly by Albert J. Mangelsdorf, from the 1940’s to 1960’s where taken on film designed for viewing on the stereo viewer. Most of the thousands of slides in the collection show scenes of Oahu and… Continue Reading →
The oldest of the photos taken by the Mangelsdorfs in Hawaii are in the form of plates to be viewed on a wooden stereoscope as pictured. Sadly the 3D effect created by the two off-set photos and the viewer lenses… Continue Reading →
Built by Linda Beech Mangelsdorf in 1973, the Waipio Treehouse was a favorite destination of John P. Mangelsdorf and his brother Marco who spent much of 1984 living in the valley and installing hydroelectric equipment to use waterfall energy to… Continue Reading →
In 1917, Ellis A. Mangelsdorf received this stock certificate of The Mangelsdorf Seed Company. At this time, the president of the company was August Mangelsdorf and the secretary, F. W. Mangelsdorf. As you can see it was a true family… Continue Reading →