Manuscripts

Panoramic and oversize photographs

Description

Consists of panoramic photographs of Manzanar depicting buildings and people, Tennis Club? (box 52, folder 3 and oversize folder 4); family funerals of Hisae Kawakami, 1938, and Akira Dan Sakai, 1941 (oversize folder 3); and group school photos including Marshall High School class of 1936 (oversize folder 4), and a school in San Fernando, 1930 (oversize folder 2).

Oversize color photographs are of flora, most likely the Tokio Florist Hyperion Avenue property, 1990s (box 51, folder 5).

Type

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Date

1930-1945, 1990s

Call number

mssSK

Provenance

Gift of Kozawa Family Trust, February 2020.

Restrictions

Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Immediate family

Manuscripts

Portraits of Asakichi and Ura Kawakami, Yuki Sakai and children, Sumi Lillian Sakai Kozawa, Frank Ukio Kozawa, and Susie Kozawa. Includes baby portraits of Sumi Lillian Sakai Kozawa and of her in Japan, 1941 (box 35, folder 1) and numerous Susie Kozawa school portraits. Also present are formal photos of the funerals of Ura Kawakami at Manzanar, 1942 (box 38) and of Dan Sakai (box 42); a group portrait of Yuki Sakai and her children, 1930s (box 42); and portraits of Sumi and Miyoko Sakai in kimonos, 1930s (box 43).

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Extended family

Manuscripts

Extended Kawakami, Sakai, and Kozawa families; bulk is of Saichi and Chizu Kawakami, their children and grandchildren, especially Kawakami family weddings. Some portraits represent early years in California as well as family in Japan (box 36, 38), and Sakai family funerals, 1920s.

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Oversize [CONTAINS SEALED MATERIAL]

Manuscripts

This box contains oversize materials removed from: Box 8: Folder 12 Box 13: Folder 9 Box 17: Folder 1 [SEALED] Box 19: Folders 3, 4, 9 Box 20: Folder 2, 12, 15, 18 Box 22: Folder 2 Box 23: Folder 14

mssCurphey

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Panoramic photographs, 1921-1929

Manuscripts

Includes Chinese American Citizens Alliance, Chinese First Presbyterian Church, and Chinese Moon Festival engagements. Note: Four photographs have been removed from the oversize folder and added to box 24.

mssSooHoo

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Snapshots

Manuscripts

Snapshots depict Sakai, Kozawa, and Kawakami family homes, excursions and travels, holidays and events, friends, and pets. Many of Etsuko Rose Sakai's photos depict Galetta Van Valkenburgh and family, and her Pasadena property where Etsuko also lived. A number of photos document early years in California as well as family in Japan, primarily in box 29. Also in box 29 is a snapshot of the Japanese Crown Prince Akihito and Crown Princess Michiko, after 1959 (folder 6).

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Etsuko Rose Sakai

Manuscripts

Snapshots of the Sakai and Kawakami families at Roscoe, also excursions to Forest Lawn Cemetery, Santa Monica, and the zoo; and a class graduation photo, possibly high school, from 1936.

mssSK

Panoramic and oversize photographs

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