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Postcard to Kaneji Domoto (ddr-densho-329-933)
Postcard with a black and white image on the front of platform tents in the woods, captioned "Tent Houses, Y.W.C.A. Conference Grounds, Asilomar Cal." Message written on the back reads "This is the kind of a tent we go to seep in but ours is way up on top of another hill. There is a lot …
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Garden at the Kirschenbaum project (ddr-densho-377-93)
Landscape designed by Kaneji Domoto. Caption on reverse: "Kirschenbaum, Harrisson [sic], N.Y."
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Boulders in a garden (ddr-densho-377-79)
Landscape designed by Kaneji Domoto. Caption on reverse: "McQuade residence, Scarsdale, NY."
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Garden at the Kirschenbaum project (ddr-densho-377-91)
Landscape designed by Kaneji Domoto. Caption on reverse: "Kirschenbaum, Harrisson [sic], N.Y."
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Garden at the Kirschenbaum project (ddr-densho-377-94)
Landscape designed by Kaneji Domoto. Caption on reverse: "Kirschenbaum residence, Purchase, N.Y."
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Garden at the Kirschenbaum project (ddr-densho-377-92)
Landscape designed by Kaneji Domoto. Caption on reverse: "Kirschenbaum, Harrisson [sic], N.Y."
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Garden at the Morris project (ddr-densho-377-99)
Landscape designed by Kaneji Domoto. Caption on reverse: "Morris Garden At Cape."
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Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-871)
Letter from Chicago. Kan is on his way to interview with Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin. He talks about driving his Ford, and the places he is passing through: visiting the zoo with Mary Fujii in Chicago, Niagara Falls, impressions of the landscapes as he drives through Ohio and Indiana on his way to Wisconsin. On …
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Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-857)
Letter from New York. Mostly discusses relations with Kan's employer (landscape architect Shogo Myaida) on the gardening job he's doing for the World's Fair. Feels extorted by his boss (landscape architect Nagao Sakurai). Frustrated that Sakurai also wants him to act as a Japanese interpreter; struggles because his Japanese isn't very good. Gives a detailed account …
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Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-867)
Letter from New York. Kan is now working for landscape architect Shogo Myaida's business, "the Garden Clinic." Working on a project for Japan Day, and sold a bonsai project idea to the designer, Kudzumi. Discusses the confidence required to go out seeking jobs and selling project ideas, which he observes that he seems better at than …