Cruising J-Town Community Scanning Event

Date: May 18, 2024

Time: 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.

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RSVP

Bring your photographs, documents, and objects related to Japanese American car culture for scanning or photographing as part of the research behind JANM’s summer/fall 2025 exhibition,  Cruising J-Town: Nikkei Car Culture in Southern California . When registering, please select your preferred time and date of attendance.

We are especially looking for items related to:

• Drag racing culture of the 1950s–’70s
• The Nisei Week Cruise in the 1970s and ’80s
• Import car racing/culture of the 1970s–2000s
• Photographs of people with work vehicles (gardening trucks, fish trucks, delivery trucks) or photos at work (car dealerships, gas stations, garages, etc.)
• Personal and family photos in front of cars, trucks, and more from the 1990s to present

Questions? Please contact cars@janm.org.

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