Japanese flower-growing industry in America
PARTNER
Densho
Visit partner
OBJECT ID
ddr-densho-329-844
PARENT COLLECTION
Kaneji and Sally (Fujii) Domoto Collection
DESCRIPTION
Five-page essay, possibly distributed as a pamphlet, giving an overview of the history of Japanese flower growers in the US. Emphasizes contributions of Kan Yoshiike and the Domoto brothers in particular. Narrates the history of immigration of major contributors to the industry, history of the various business organizations for floriculturists in California, and of chrysanthemum cultivation. First page bears the name and logo "California First Bank" "SEIZO OKA / Vice President" and location "JAPANESE AMERICAN HISTORY ROOM / 350 California Street, San Francisco 94104". Upper corner shows staple removal. "Miki" written in pen upper right corner.
DATE
LOCATION
OBJECT GENRE
Essays
OBJECT FORMAT
Document
FACILITY
CREATORS
PERSONS/ORGANIZATIONS
- California First Bank
- California Flower Growers Association
- California Flower Market
- North American Mercantile Co. (Hokubei Boeki)
- California Chrysanthemum Growers Association
- Oka, Seizo
- Yoshiike, Kan
- Domoto, Motonoshin
- Domoto, Takanoshin
- Domoto
- Domoto, Kanetaro "Thomas"
- Domoto, Mitsunoshin
- Enomoto, Eikichi
- Enomoto, Sadakusu
- Shibuya, Ryohitsu
CONTRIBUTOR
Densho
PREFERRED CITATION
Courtesy of the Kaneji and Sally (Fujii) Domoto Collection, Densho
RIGHTS
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
