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img Group Photo with Kennosuke "Frank" Morikawa (ddr-densho-446-416)

Father of Ryo (in middle) shortly after his US entry via Puebla, Canada in Dec 1906 (photo circa 1907). He worked in the orange groves and as a chauffeur before opening his nursery in San Diego.

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img Photo of Kennosuke Morikawa funeral (ddr-densho-446-423)

Ryo's father was killed by a drunken driver near the Nursery on Nov 12, 1937 (photo taken in 1937)

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img Photo of Kennosuke & Ayano Morikawa (ddr-densho-446-418)

Taken shortly after Ayano's entry to the US in Feb 1916

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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/

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.

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