More Info →Mr Herman Seifert (1866-1948)

Description

Herman Seifert was the eldest of the seven Seifert brothers, six of whom were prominent in the flax-milling industry of Manawatu. Herman was a flax-miller in Southland until 1909, when he moved to Manawatu and was associated with the "Weka" mill at Shannon and the "Rangitāne" mill at Rangitāne (Opiki). He then became Chairman of Directors of the Tane Hemp Company Limited, which ran the flour-stripper "Tane" mill at Rangitane (Opiki). During the 1930s he was also associated with flax-milling ventures at Paiaka (near Foxton) and Australia.

Identification

Object type

Image

Relation

Public Photograph Collection Pi 95

Date

circa 1920

Digitisation ID

2013N_Pi95_007466

Held In

Coolstore