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with additional support from the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture.The exhibition draws on the oral history testimonies of over 100 Nikkei car enthusiasts.

From a humble gardeners truck to a customized hot rod or a stout family sedan to a professional race car.No college has had a greater impact on automobile design than ArtCenter.courtesy of the Nagai family; the Shogans.

The exhibition not only reveals a previously unexplored aspect of the Japanese American story.The exhibition includes documentation of the brief window in 1942 when Japanese Americans were allowed to drive themselves and their belongings to sites like Santa Anita temporary detention center and Manzanar concentration camp in family cars that were then impounded without restitution.

Exploring the communitys influence on car culture in the U.

the designer behind the 1963 Corvette Stingray and other iconic cars; and members of teenage social clubs and car clubs like The Atomettes.where Hoshizaki contributed to camp life by working in the mess hall and on irrigation projects.

He served three years at McNeil Island Federal Prison.the eldest of six children of Japanese immigrant parents.

a Chinese American biology professora Chinese American biology professor.