Contains research notes and photocopies of prints created and collected by Gary Kawaguchi for use in his book, Living with flowers: The California Flower Market history [Hana to tomo ni, published in January 1993. Includes information on the Mario Ciampi, the architect commissioned to draw up plans for a wholesale flower terminal at Brannan Street in San Francisco; a history of the California Flower Market's origins, 1884-1941; and a list of shareholders of California Flower Market, Inc., dated 1963.