Manuscripts

Friends and others

Description: Primarily wedding portraits; also present are flower show portraits and ephemera of family friend Bill N. Nagami.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1890s?-1980s
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.; RESTRICTED: Box 48: housed in cold storage; extended retrieval and delivery time required.
Rights: The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.

Photographs

Manuscripts

Primarily family photo albums, snapshots, and studio portraits; also present are panoramic photographs, slides, and negatives. One subseries contains publicity and wedding photos with Tokio Florist floral arrangements; in addition, informal snapshots of Tokio Florist flowers and properties are located in photo albums and snapshots, and portraits contain some professional images of the Roscoe ranch and gardens. Filing names reflect most common usages and variations.

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Business papers

Manuscripts

Contains Tokio Florist letters received (primarily payment-related), orders notebooks, trade publications, ephemera, and artifacts. In addition, there are four architectural records for the Hyperion Avenue property. Formal and publicity photographs of Tokio Florist arrangements and photographs of nurseries and flower fields taken by portrait studios are located in the Photographs series. Family photo albums and snapshots also contain some informal images of Tokio Florist.

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Etsuko Rose Sakai

Manuscripts

Snapshots of Christmas displays, floral arrangements, flower beds, some family.

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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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General family

Manuscripts

Primarily general family office files and items; also present is correspondence, notes and notebooks, publications, and artifacts with unclear recipients or owners.

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Portraits

Manuscripts

Primarily professional matted portraits in various sizes of individual family members and family events, especially weddings. Also funerals, school and group portraits, and studio-taken images of the Roscoe ranch and gardens. Family friends portraits are mostly weddings. Bulk taken in Los Angeles, many by the Toyo Miyatake Studio, with a few from Japan.

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