Manuscripts
Sumi Lillian Sakai Kozawa
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Sumi Lillian Sakai Kozawa
Manuscripts
Includes snapshots of the Sakai and Kawakami families, including Ura Kawakami, Yuki Sakai and the Sakai and Kawakami children, and pets. Images depict the Roscoe ranch, flower gardens and greenhouses at Roscoe and Los Feliz; excursions to Santa Monica, Long Beach and San Pedro, and Glendale; and brother Akira Dan and his racing car. There are numerous snapshots of Sumi's 1940 to 1941 trip to Japan, traveling with Sunao Imoto onboard the Kamakura Maru with stops in San Francisco and Hawaii, and of her extended stay in Japan visiting multiple locations and Japanese family members. See Sunao Imoto's photo album for other photos of this trip, especially aboard the Kamakura Maru (box 23). Also present are a few earlier photos of Masao Sakai. Several photographs are missing, most are captioned.
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Sumi Lillian Sakai Kozawa
Manuscripts
The collection documents multiple generations of the Sakai, Kozawa, Kawakami, and related families primarily in the Los Angeles area from approximately 1890 to 2017 and the family business, Tokio Florist. Family papers contain correspondence, notebooks, property and other records, publications, ephemera, and artifacts. Also present are business records, architectural drawings, and other material related to Tokio Florist, especially at its Hyperion Avenue location, and other family floral business locations in Los Angeles. The collection contains extensive photographic material, including photo albums, snapshots, formal studio portraits, and panoramic photographs. Some correspondence, publications, and photographs document various family members' experiences while incarcerated at the Manzanar War Relocation Center during World War II. Family papers and photographs also pertain to extended family in and visits to Japan.
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Sumi Lillian Sakai Kozawa loose items removed from album in box 22
Manuscripts
The collection documents multiple generations of the Sakai, Kozawa, Kawakami, and related families primarily in the Los Angeles area from approximately 1890 to 2017 and the family business, Tokio Florist. Family papers contain correspondence, notebooks, property and other records, publications, ephemera, and artifacts. Also present are business records, architectural drawings, and other material related to Tokio Florist, especially at its Hyperion Avenue location, and other family floral business locations in Los Angeles. The collection contains extensive photographic material, including photo albums, snapshots, formal studio portraits, and panoramic photographs. Some correspondence, publications, and photographs document various family members' experiences while incarcerated at the Manzanar War Relocation Center during World War II. Family papers and photographs also pertain to extended family in and visits to Japan.
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Immediate family
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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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Sakai and Kozawa families papers
Manuscripts
The collection documents multiple generations of the Sakai, Kozawa, Kawakami, and related families primarily in the Los Angeles area from approximately 1890 to 2017 and the family business, Tokio Florist. Family papers contain correspondence, notebooks, property and other records, publications, ephemera, and artifacts. Also present are business records, architectural drawings, and other material related to Tokio Florist, especially at its Hyperion Avenue location, and other family floral business locations in Los Angeles. The collection contains extensive photographic material, including photo albums, snapshots, formal studio portraits, and panoramic photographs. Some correspondence, publications, and photographs document various family members' experiences while incarcerated at the Manzanar War Relocation Center during World War II. Family papers and photographs also pertain to extended family in and visits to Japan.
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Susie Kozawa
Manuscripts
The collection documents multiple generations of the Sakai, Kozawa, Kawakami, and related families primarily in the Los Angeles area from approximately 1890 to 2017 and the family business, Tokio Florist. Family papers contain correspondence, notebooks, property and other records, publications, ephemera, and artifacts. Also present are business records, architectural drawings, and other material related to Tokio Florist, especially at its Hyperion Avenue location, and other family floral business locations in Los Angeles. The collection contains extensive photographic material, including photo albums, snapshots, formal studio portraits, and panoramic photographs. Some correspondence, publications, and photographs document various family members' experiences while incarcerated at the Manzanar War Relocation Center during World War II. Family papers and photographs also pertain to extended family in and visits to Japan.
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