Dear Friends of the Japaense Canadian National Museum,

You are cordially invited to attend:

SHASHIN: JAPANESE CANADIAN STUDIO PHOTOGRAPHY TO 1942
Book Launch

Tuesday, June 21, 2005, 7:00 PM

National Nikkei Heritage Centre, 6688 Southoaks Crescent (Kingsway and
Sperling), Burnaby, BC

Contributors Phyllis Senese, Imogene Lim, Grace Eiko Thomson and Jim
Wolf join special guest Bill Jeffries to launch the new publication
“Shashin: Japanese Canadian Studio Photography to 1942”.

Based on the Japanese Canadian National Museum’s touring exhibition of
the same name, the book brings together rare photographs and insight
into the work of
Japanese Canadian studio photographers depicting the vibrant pre-war
Japanese, Chinese and European communities in Cumberland, Vancouver and

New Westminster.

Admission is free.

Information: 604-777-7000, ext. 109, or e-mail: jcnm@nikkeiplace.org .