Image / At Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA, USA. Flower Field run by Mr. Kuromi

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Title: At Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA, USA. Flower Field run by Mr. Kuromi
Alternative Title: Flower Field in Los Angeles-Hollywood, California, United States, Operated by the Kuromi Family of Shimane Prefecture
Creator: Paris Photographic Studio
Date Created and/or Issued: 1928-03-01
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Pacific Rim
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Panoramic photo of the Kuromi family on a flower field off of Los Feliz Boulevard.
A.H. (Andrew Harue) and Kiyo Kuromi were from the Shimane Prefecture, Japan and moved to America in the early 1900s. The Kuromis eventually settled in Hollywood, California where they joined another family member growing flowers on Los Feliz Boulevard. The couple had three children: Aiko (1919-2011), Isamu (1922-1996), and Hitoshi (1925-1970).
Arthur Ito papers. The Huntington Library, San Marino, CA.
Type: image
Format: image/tiff
Extent: 1 photograph, black and white ; sheet, 25.5 x 112 cm (10 x 44 in.) ; 20 x 107.5 cm (image, 8 x 42 1/4 in.)
Identifier: mssIto
553473
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll12/id/1046
Language: Japanese
Subject: Kuromi family
Floriculture
Japanese American families
California, Southern
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Photographs. (gmgpc)
Place: Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Source: Arthur Ito papers, 1915-2016.
Series 4: Audio/visual and oversize
52
Oversize 1
Pacific Rim, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance: Gift of James A. Ito and Paul N. Coman, November 2016.

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