Manuscripts
Portraits
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Extended family
Manuscripts
Extended Kawakami, Sakai, and Kozawa families; bulk is of Saichi and Chizu Kawakami, their children and grandchildren, especially Kawakami family weddings. Some portraits represent early years in California as well as family in Japan (box 36, 38), and Sakai family funerals, 1920s.
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Manuscripts
Includes portraits of Hizi Koyke, soprano, by Toyo Miyatake of Los Angeles.
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Trade design manuals
Manuscripts
Includes Vogue in Flowers for weddings and Album of Designs for funerals.
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Panoramic photograph of the War Relocation Center in Manzanar, California
Visual Materials
A panoramic photograph of the Japanese American incarceration camp at Manzanar, California, known as the War Relocation Center. The image was taken from a tower along the camp boundary, and shows rows of military-style bunkers, dirt roads, and surrounding desert, with the Sierra Nevada Mountains prominent in the background; no people appear in the photograph. The print is titled and credited in the lower left corner, part of which says: "Copyrighted by Manzanar Cooperative Enterprises, Inc." This was a prisoner-run co-op established in 1943 with the War Relocation Authority. Cameras were not allowed to be used by prisoners, so a cooperative photo studio was established to centralize these services. The studio, run by Toyo Miyatake, performed all work for the school annuals and for WRA administrators. It is likely this image was printed by Toyo Miyatake while he was imprisoned there. It is not signed by him, but Archie Miyatake (Toyo's son), stated in a later interview that panoramic photographs were most often stamped with Manzanar Cooperative and that Toyo signed only smaller size prints.
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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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Immediate family
Manuscripts
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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