Manuscripts

Business papers

Description

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.

Type

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Date

1941-2008

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

Tokio Florist arrangements

Manuscripts

Publicity and wedding photos that most likely depict Tokio Florist floral arrangements, including from the March of Dimes and a Valentine's arrangement for Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. Also some Polaroids and snapshots of arrangements. Informal snapshots of Tokio Florist flowers and properties are found in photo albums and snapshots.

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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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Architectural and construction records

Manuscripts

Contains four architectural drawings for the Hyperion Avenue Tokio Florist location: one undated site drawing, two undated shop and building drawings, and one Tokio Florist sign drawing, 1979. Also present are construction permits and related materials, 1960s.

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General family

Manuscripts

Ten family photo albums of snapshots and Polaroids depicting excursions around Los Angeles area; travels and visits to Seattle, Vancouver and Alaska, New Mexico, and Sequoia National Park; holidays, weddings, family visits, dinners, and pets. There are numerous snapshots of the Hyperion Avenue house and grounds, including Tokio Florist work areas, gardens, and floral arrangements (see albums in boxes 25 and 26).

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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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Panoramic and oversize photographs

Manuscripts

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).

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