A&B Corporate History

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A&B Land and Sea, 1995
A brief history of the growth and evolution of our company; it was published in 1995, in celebration of the 125^th anniversary of our founding as a sugar growing partnership between Samuel T. Alexander and Henry Perrine Baldwin.  It is a readable piece that provides a concise overview of more than twelve decades of progress that made A&B an enduring, successful Hawaii-based corporation.

• Entire A&B Land and Sea (10.9M)
  
  

• A&B Land and Sea by Sections
  

Section One (2.5 M)
Introduction
The Beginning
The Big Ditch

Section Two (3 M)
Growth and Challenges Met
Other Beginnings
Coming of Age Incorporation
The Problem of Marketing
The Founders Pass On
A New Century Begins
The '20s and '30s

Section Three (2.6 M)
The War Years: Matson Serves
The Early Postwar Years
Planting Initiatives and Harvesting Their Fruit: The '50s,'60s & '70s

Section Four (2.8 M)
The Pfeiffer Years
A&B Today
125 Years Strong