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img Bainbridge Gardens nursery (ddr-densho-34-6)

Mr. Seko, Mr. Harui and a unidentified worker outside the nursery at Bainbridge Gardens.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-34-6/

img Panoramic view of Bainbridge Gardens (ddr-densho-34-18)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-34-18/

img Two women holding chrysanthemums (ddr-densho-34-25)

Mrs. Z. Harui (left) and Mrs. Z. Seko outside the greenhouses at Bainbridge Gardens.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-34-25/

img Field of pansies outside the Bainbridge Gardens (ddr-densho-34-24)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-34-24/

doc Letter from City of San Diego to Park Foreman and Employees (ddr-densho-446-420)

J. Morley, Superintendent of the San Diego Park Dept., gave permission to F.K. Morikawa to gather seeds and prunings in Balboa Park. This was written during the Great Depression.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-420/

doc North San Diego Nursery business card (ddr-densho-446-422)

North San Diego Nursery owned by the Morikawas

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-422/

doc Interview with Ryo Tsai (ddr-densho-446-415)

Written by Ryo Tsai's grandson David Lee for his high school heritage project

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-415/

doc Ryo Morikawa Recollections (ddr-densho-446-349)

Autobiography: Ryo's parents, Life in San Diego, 11 months in Japan, Evacuation, Married Life

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-349/

img Photo of Kennosuke & Ayano Morikawa (ddr-densho-446-421)

Morikawa Nurseries with Ryo's notes about the property on the back: "Bought under the name of a nisei friend because aliens could not buy land. Later his children were land owners." (circa 1935)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-421/

img Nisei couple in field of daffodils (ddr-densho-359-443)

Phil Okano takes a picture of his wife, Alice, in a field of daffodils.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-443/

img Nisei couple in field of daffodils (ddr-densho-359-442)

Alice and Phil Okano stand in a a field of daffodils.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-442/

img Man standing in overalls (ddr-ajah-6-420)

Caption below photo: Yoyoji "Harry" Ikeda, in sunglasses and customary striped bib overalls, near his business, the Alameda Nursery at 2530 Blanding Ave. Circa 1930

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-420/

img Truck parked outside Alameda Nursery building (ddr-ajah-6-413)

Caption below photo: Yoyoji Harry Ikeda's Alameda Nursery at 2530 Blanding Avenue, stands next to the Loop Lumber Mill Building No. 5. The vehicle belongs to the nursery. Circa 1930s.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-413/

img Interior of the Alameda Nursery (ddr-ajah-6-414)

Caption below photo: Interior of Alameda Nursery, owned by Harry Ikeda, 2530 Blanding Ave, Alameda, CA, circa 1930s. This is what you would see when you walked into the Blanding Avenue business

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-414/

img Document with photo of man by crates of produce with history of agriculture in Mt. Eden titled "Japanese Farmer of Mt. Eden." (ddr-ajah-6-711)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-711/

img Man sitting on large stack of lumber (ddr-ajah-6-416)

Caption below photo: Yoyoji Harry Ikeda, at the Loop lumber yard, which was next door to his business. The Alameda Nursery in Alameda, CA, circa 1930s. Harry was friends with the lumber yard owner.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-416/

img Two men picking apples (ddr-ajah-6-760)

Caption below photo: Young Niseis pick apples for F.A. Wilcox, in Agnew, CA. today Agnew is in San Jose, circa 1920s-1930s.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-760/

img Man standing by nursery plants (ddr-ajah-6-419)

Caption below photo: Owner of the Alameda Nursery, Yoyoji Harry Ikeda at his business, circa 1930s. Harry is wearing a leather jacket, bow tie, and his trademark striped bib overalls, which were his preferred clothes. "That's his cool stance", said Harry's grandson, Wayne Koike. 2530 Blanding Ave in Alameda, CA

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-419/

img View of house and nursery (ddr-ajah-6-415)

Caption below photo: The Alameda Nursery seen from the back of family house on 2530 Blanding Avenue, circa 1930s. The house was behind the greenhouse business that faced the street.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-415/

img Document with photos and story of William and Alfreda Mohr (ddr-ajah-6-713)

Describing relationship with Japanese workers in the area and relationship with Mataichi Ozeki

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-713/

av Chrysanthemums and Salt (ddr-densho-1024-60)

Documentary film by Dianne Fukami on the Japanese American community in San Mateo, California, from its late 1800s origins to the outbreak of World War II. As hinted at by the film's title, Chrysanthemums and Salt largely focuses on two of the major industries that employed Japanese Americans before the war, growing and marketing chrysanthemums and …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1024-60/

av Blossoms & Thorns: A Community Uprooted (ddr-densho-1024-28)

Documentary film that examines Japanese American cut flower growers in Richmond, California, before, during and after World War II. Written and directed by Ken Kokka, the 19-minute film was funded by the Contra Costa Japanese American Citizens League. See this item in the Densho Resource Guide at: Blossoms & Thorns: A Community Uprooted . See this …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1024-28/

av Topaz, The Chessmen (ddr-densho-1024-27)

Short narrative film about Japanese Americans struggling to run a flower nursery set in Northern California in 1949. Based on a short story by Toshio Mori , filmmaker Ken Kokka made the film as a film student at UCLA. As the story begins, Mas, a middle-aged Nisei man who had lost his nursery as a result …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1024-27/

doc Commemorative Issue 2600th Anniversary Yearbook and Directory 1940-1941 (ddr-densho-480-2)

The yearbook includes pictures and information about Japanese American businesses, schools, organizations, individuals, and families. The directory includes city indexes for California, as well as a few city indexes for Arizona and Japan, with advertisements for businesses and organizations throughout the city indexes.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-480-2/

img Ohara school of flower arrangement (ddr-densho-353-286)

The school was run by Mrs. Fujikado.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-353-286/