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Warren & Kaz (ddr-densho-441-15)
Color photograph of Warren Hayashi with his arm around Kaz in front of a poinsettia. Written on the bottom of the image is "Warren Kaz" in blue ink.
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Final Workers (ddr-densho-441-16)
Color photograph of the Union City Greenhouses Inc. work crew. From left to right: Norman Makoto Hayashi, Henry Hayashi, Gayle (Taketomo) Hayashi, Danny, Jaime, Rosendo, Luis, Warren Hayashi, Yoko, Shin Kato, Linda Hayashi, and Takako. Written on the top of the image is "Final Workers" in blue ink. Written on the bottom of the image is …
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Patent 14318, wrapping device (ddr-densho-441-4)
Hirokichi "Harry" Hayashi's patent for a plant wrapping device.
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Certificate (ddr-densho-441-94)
Certificate of lifetime membership to the Society of American Florists and Ornamental Horticulturists for Hirokichi "Harry" Hayashi.
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Henry and Warren (ddr-densho-441-61)
Photograph of Henry Hayashi (left) and Warren Hayashi (right) with an unidentified child standing at the entrance of a greenhouse.
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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.
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Flooded greenhouses (ddr-densho-441-39)
Photograph of flooded greenhouses. Due to the Alameda Creek overflowing, the Hayashi family's newly constructed greenhouses flooded.
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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.
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Union City Greenhouses Inc. (ddr-densho-441-13)
Photograph of Union City Greenhouses Inc.'s greenhouses in Union City. Written along the top of the image is "1993 Union City Greenhouses Inc." in black ink.
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Warren selecting plants for orders (ddr-densho-441-75)
Warren Hayashi (center) selecting plants to fulfill orders.
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Brazilian trainees (ddr-densho-441-46)
Photograph of five trainees from Brazil sitting on the ground eating a meal together.
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Flooded greenhouses (ddr-densho-441-38)
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.
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Gayle and Warren (ddr-densho-441-23)
Color photograph of Gayle (Taketomo) Hayashi posing with her uncle-in-law, Warren Hayashi, at the California Flower Market. Written along the top is "1980 California Flower Market Gayle Warren" in black ink.
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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.
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Letter to Henry Hayashi from Professor Roy Larson (ddr-densho-441-3)
Letter to Henry Hayashi from Professor Roy Larson thanking Henry for the information about his father, Hirokichi "Harry" Hayashi's patenting of plant sleeves. Larson and asks for Henry's permission to have the letter published in an upcoming edition of "Grower Talks."
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Reader Respond from Henry Hayashi (ddr-densho-441-2)
Reader response to an article in the January 1990 "Grower Talks" about plant sleeves. Henry informs the publication about his father, Hirokichi "Harry" Hayashi's patenting of the sleeve.
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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
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Mrs. Kimoto and Fumio (ddr-densho-441-98)
Photograph of Mrs. Kimoto holding Fumio Kimoto in the Hayashi greenhouse
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H. Hayashi & Co Floral shop (ddr-densho-441-12)
Black and white photograph of the front window and entry to Hirokichi "Harry" Hayashi's first floral shop. Written along the bottom of the image is "First Florist 1906 Central Avenue Alameda" in black ink.