ddr-densho-441 — Hirokichi "Harry" Hayashi Family Collection — Objects

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img Poinsettias (ddr-densho-441-26)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-441-26/

img H. Hayashi & Co greenhouses (ddr-densho-441-27)

Black and white photograph of Hirokichi "Harry" Hayashi's Oakland greenhouses. Inscribed on the photograph is "Greenhouses of H. HAYASHI & CO. 2311 73rd Ave., Oakland, Cal. Heated entirely by S.T. JOHNSON equipment. Written along the bottom of the photograph is "= 1930" in blue ink.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-441-27/

img H. Hayashi & Co greenhouses (ddr-densho-441-28)

Black and white photograph of Hirokichi "Harry" Hayashi's Oakland greenhouses. Written along the bottom of the photograph is "Hayashi Greenhouse Kraust St. 73rd Avenue Greenhouses 1910" in blue ink.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-441-28/

doc History of H. Hayashi & Co., Union City Greenhouse Inc. (ddr-densho-441-29)

Timeline of the Hayashi family's nursery business from Hirokichi "Harry" Hayashi's immigration to the United States in 1887 till the business's closure in 1993.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-441-29/

doc Letterheads and business cards (ddr-densho-441-30)

copies of the various letterheads and business cards for the Hayashi family businesses.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-441-30/

img Big Freeze (ddr-densho-441-31)

Four photographs on a single piece of paper documenting a big freeze in December of 1990 that froze the cineraria and greenhouses.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-441-31/

img Union City Greenhouses (ddr-densho-441-32)

Buildings constructed by Henry Taro Hayashi. Written on the bottom of the image is "October 20, 1950" in purple ink

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-441-32/

img Pat, Gerald, Marilyn, Norm (ddr-densho-441-33)

Photograph of the four Hayashi siblings outside a greenhouse. Identified left to right: Patrick Saburo Hayashi, Gerald Tadashi Hayashi, Marilyn Hayashi, and Norman Makoto Hayashi. Written along the bottom is "Oct 20 1950" in purple ink.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-441-33/

img Three Brothers (ddr-densho-441-34)

Photograph of the three Hayashi brothers on a break from helping build a greenhouse. From left to right: Gerald Saburo Hayashi, Patrick Saburo, and Norman Makoto Hayashi. Written along the bottom of the image is "May 1950" in fading blue ink.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-441-34/

img Grandfather and Grandmother (ddr-densho-441-35)

Photograph of Hirokichi "Harry" Hayashi and his wife Kin (Nakayawa) Hayashi standing outside partially constructed greenhouses built by Hirokichi's son Henry Taro Hayashi. Written on the back of the photograph is "June 1950 1950 U.C. Grandfather & Mother) in black ink.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-441-35/

img Mixing soil (ddr-densho-441-36)

Photograph of workers mixing soil and building greenhouses. Written on the back of the image is "Mixing soil" in black ink.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-441-36/

img Flooded greenhouses (ddr-densho-441-37)

Photograph of flooded greenhouses. Due to the Alameda Creek overflowing, the Hayashi family's newly constructed greenhouses flooded. Written along the bottom of the image is "Nov 19 1950" in purple ink.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-441-37/

img Flooded greenhouses (ddr-densho-441-38)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-441-38/

img Flooded greenhouses (ddr-densho-441-39)

Photograph of flooded greenhouses. Due to the Alameda Creek overflowing, the Hayashi family's newly constructed greenhouses flooded.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-441-39/

img Flooded grounds (ddr-densho-441-40)

Photograph of flooded grounds. Due to the Alameda Creek overflowing, the Hayashi family's newly constructed greenhouses and the surrounding land flooded.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-441-40/

img Final Workers (ddr-densho-441-41)

Photograph of 16 people posed inside a greenhouse. These people made up the final working crew of the Union City Greenhouses Inc. Back row, second from the left is Norman Makoto Hayashi. Back row, third from the left is Henry Taro Hayashi.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-441-41/

img Alameda City Fair Exhibit (ddr-densho-441-42)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-441-42/

img Norm and Trainee setting up exhibit (ddr-densho-441-43)

Photograph of Norman Makoto Hayashi (facing camera) and an unidentified trainee setting up the Alameda City Fair Exhibit.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-441-43/

img Norm, Gayle, Shin, and Trainees at exhibit (ddr-densho-441-44)

Photograph of Union City Greenhouse Inc. employees and trainees in front of an exhibit they made for the Alameda City Fair. From left to right, Norman Makoto Hayashi, Gayle (Taketomo) Hayashi, 4 unidentified trainees, and Shin Kato.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-441-44/