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vh Kenneth Narahara Interview Segment 3 (ddr-ajah-1-2-3)

Father's prewar florist business

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-1-2-3/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol 68, No. 10 (March 7, 1969) (ddr-pc-41-10)

Select article titles: "AJAs as racial intermediary urged" (p. 1); "S.F. students strike for identity" (p. 1); "Pranksters Fly 'Hinomaru' Up School Flagpole" (p. 2) "JACL Campaign Against Concentration Camps" (p. 2); "Gas disperses floral union workers" (p. 3).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-41-10/

img Yuriko Date in front of florist shop (ddr-ajah-6-382)

Caption below photo: Yuriko "Lily" Date standing in front of the family business, the Date Florist at 2304-2306 Encinal in Alameda, CA. Photo circa early to mid 1930's.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-382/

img Men inside florist shop (ddr-ajah-6-716)

Caption below photo: An unknown florist, possibly located in Alameda or Oakland, CA, circa 1910s-1920s. It is not Hayashi Flowers.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-716/

img Portion of photo album page with photo of Yemiko "Emi/Amy" Kono sitting on bench outside florist shop (ddr-ajah-6-258)

Caption: "Amelia" "where are you heading for?"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-258/

img Sign for John Towata's florist shop (ddr-ajah-6-250)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-250/

img Close-up of store sign and John S. Towata's name (ddr-ajah-6-252)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-252/

img Door handle of Towata Florist shop (ddr-ajah-6-247)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-247/

img Close-up of store sign (ddr-ajah-6-253)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-253/

img Empty room with window (ddr-ajah-6-246)

Likely inside of Towata Florist shop

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-246/

img Hikotaro "Harry" Kono with fish (ddr-ajah-6-272)

Caption below photo: Issei Hikotaro Harry Kono fished for enjoyment. Besides having a floral shop in Alameda, he was a trophy winning salt/freshwater sport fisherman and community leader. He loved baseball and sponsored baseball teams. Seen here is Hikotaro in 1936 and his big catch of striped bass.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-272/

doc A garden section flower show program (ddr-densho-377-1662)

Program for the garden section of a flower show at The Manor Club in Pelham Manor, NY. Note on page 1 says that Kaneji Domoto was consulted for the Japanese Garden special exhibit at the event.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-377-1662/

img Rutaro Fujii in a greenhouse (ddr-densho-433-1212)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-433-1212/

img Cut flowers next to a ruler (ddr-densho-433-765)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-433-765/

doc Letter from Kimi Fujii to Daniel Cooper (ddr-densho-433-235)

Kimi Fujii writes to Daniel Cooper, Mayor of Hayward, to present the city council with tickets to the California Spring Garden Show.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-433-235/

img Floral princesses and floral queen pose with a group (ddr-densho-433-489)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-433-489/

doc Letter from Douglas E. Newell and Dale E. Roe to Kimiko Fujii (ddr-densho-433-354)

Douglas E. Newell and Dale E. Roe write to Kimiko Fujii to congratulate her on being named Distinguished Citizen. They also thank her for providing flowers at the annual meeting of the Oakland-South Alameda County Chapter American National Red Cross.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-433-354/

doc Letter from George P. Miller to Kimiko Fujii (ddr-densho-433-829)

George P. Miller writes to Kimiko Fujii that he will not be able to accept an invitation to the Governor's Dinner before the 1965 California Spring Garden Show.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-433-829/

doc Letter from Channing Jones Jr. to Kimi Fujii (ddr-densho-433-450)

Channing Jones Jr. of the California Chemical Company writes to Kimi Fujii about fertilizer.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-433-450/

img Photographs from Jim Zeno to Kimi Fujii (ddr-densho-433-250)

An envelope from Jim Zeno to Kimi Fujii with a PALS Club Luncheon photograph and a newspaper clipping about the Alameda County Fair with an original photograph included.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-433-250/

doc Thank you note from Eileen Smith to Kimiko Fujii (ddr-densho-433-97)

Eileen Smith writes to Kimiko Fujii thanking her for tickets and with other updates.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-433-97/

img Sets for the 1965 California Spring Garden Show (ddr-densho-433-828)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-433-828/

doc Kimiko Fujii resume (ddr-densho-433-309)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-433-309/

doc She's AC Transit's Big Wheel (ddr-densho-433-197)

An article written by Elaine Reed in the Oakland Tribune about Kimi Fujii's election to president of the Alameda-Contra Costa District (AC) Transit Board.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-433-197/

doc 1993-2000 diary (ddr-densho-433-878)

A diary belonging to Kimi Fujii Kitayama, spanning 7 years. She lists some daily agendas, uses the book as a ledger, and writes diary entries about concerns surrounding her family, selling Fujii Co. nursery, money management, and more.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-433-878/