Manuscripts

Ephemera

Description: Includes material related to post-war military service including a Domain of the Golden Dragon certificate (box 10); landing cards, passes, and Japan shore leave items; and a wage booklet. Also present are business cards; tickets; receipts; leaflets and handouts; ID cards and licenses, including a 1943 War Relocation Authority driver's license; loose notes; and a pre-war Japanese train map.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1943-1970s, 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.

Ephemera

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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Notes and ephemera

Manuscripts

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Notes and ephemera

Manuscripts

Includes a display of business licenses from 1960 to 1975, certificates, and a 1991 Tokio Florist calendar.

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Notes and ephemera

Manuscripts

Loose notes, some with contact info of various individuals; programs for religious services and events including a 1964 sumo wrestling exhibition, lottery tickets.

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Professional material and ephemera

Manuscripts

Includes material related to Immaculate Heart High School, Los Angeles; her career as a sound artist, including an artistic resume and flyers; and her interest in kendo.

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[Proof sheet of five images with cherub children]

Visual Materials

Image of a proof sheet for five blank cards with small boy and girl cherub children at the seashore, in wedding attire, with a golf club, and seated in the driver's seat of a carriage.

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Ephemera

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