16 items
16 items
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Hirokichi "Harry" Hayashi (ddr-densho-441-6)
Black and white photograph of Hirokichi "Harry" Hayashi
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Kitano Hayashi (ddr-densho-441-95)
Photograph of Kitano Hayashi working in his brother Hirokichi "Harry" Hayashi's greenhouse.
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Hirokichi speaking to a crowd (ddr-densho-441-93)
Hirokichi "Harry" Hayashi at the microphone before a crowd. Hirokichi served as the president of the San Francisco Market president between 1930 and 1932
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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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Hayashi Family Portrait (ddr-densho-441-91)
Photograph of three generations of the Hayashi family. Standing left to right: Norman Makoto Hayashi, Aiko Takimoto Hayashi, Henry Taro Hayashi, and Gerald Saburo Hayashi. Seated left to right: Kin (Nakayawa) Hayashi, Patrick Saburo Hayashi, and Hirokichi "Harry" Hayashi
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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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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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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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Sinking a well (ddr-densho-441-84)
Photograph of the digging of a well at the greenhouse site in Union City. From left to right: Henry Taro Hayashi holding Marilyn Hayashi, Norman Makoto Hayashi, Patrick Saburo Hayashi, unidentified worker, and Hirokichi "Harry" Hayashi. Written along the bottom of the image is "March 1950" in fading ink.
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H. Hayashi & Co greenhouses (ddr-densho-441-28)
Black and white photograph of Hirokichi "Harry" Hayashi's Oakland greenhouses. Written along the bottom of the photograph is "Hayashi Greenhouse Kraust St. 73rd Avenue Greenhouses 1910" in blue ink.
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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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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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Letter to Professor Ray Larson from Henry Hayashi (ddr-densho-441-1)
Letter to Professor Ray Larson regarding his article in "Grower Talks" about plant sleeves. Henry informs Larson about his father, Hirokichi "Harry" Hayashi's patenting of the sleeve.
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H. Hayashi & Co greenhouses (ddr-densho-441-27)
Black and white photograph of Hirokichi "Harry" Hayashi's Oakland greenhouses. Inscribed on the photograph is "Greenhouses of H. HAYASHI & CO. 2311 73rd Ave., Oakland, Cal. Heated entirely by S.T. JOHNSON equipment. Written along the bottom of the photograph is "= 1930" in blue ink.
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Hirokichi "Harry" Hayashi Family Collection (ddr-densho-441)
Collection of documents and photographs related to the Hayashi family and their nursery business in the San Francisco Bay Area.