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Description
Home movies depict the Ito and Kuromi families at work and play. Scenes include summer and winter outdoor activities, and a large organized group gathering of Japanese Americans at a lakeside resort. Early views of Flower View Gardens circa 1948, flower conservatory and fields, large scale floral arrangements and customers in the shop buying flowers. Arthur Ito was a prominent figure in the floral industry. He and his wife Aiko owned and operated Flower View Gardens in Hollywood from 1962-2000, a business which served many television and film productions. Ito was the first chairman of the California State Florist Association and a member of the American Institute of Floral Designers (AIFD), Florists' Transworld Delivery Association (FTD), Society of American Florists (SAF), and the American Academy of Floriculture. In 1992, Ito was inducted into the Society of American Florists Hall of Fame.
Japanese American families Cut flower industry Ito family Kuromi family
Time Period
1948-1955~
Provenance
The Huntington Library California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.
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