Manuscripts

Architectural and construction records

Description: 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.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1960s-1979, undated
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.

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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Financial and property records

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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Sakai and Kozawa families papers

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General family

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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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