Moy G. Quing

The Marion Daily Mirror
(Ohio)
September 9, 1911
Chinese Artists
Chicago, Sept. 9.—An oil portrait of an American done by Chinese artists, the only one of its kind in the world, is soon to be hung in the Chicago Art Institute. The painting is a likeness of P.H. O’Donnell and was done by Moy G. Quing who came to America three months ago to get American art atmosphere.

World War I Draft Card
Name: Moy Quing
Address: 201 West End Avenue
City: Manhattan
County: New York
State: New York
Birth Date: 14 Dec 1874
Race: Chinese
Draft Board: 125
Age: 44
Occupation: Portrait Painter
Nearest Relative: Moy Jun, cousin, 567 9th Avenue
Height/Build: Medium/Slender
Color of Eyes/Hair: Dark Brown/Black
Signature: September 12, 1918

Seattle, Washington, Passenger
Name: Geo Quing Moy
Arrival Date: 6 Jun 1927
Age: 43
Estimated Birth Year: 1884
Occupation: Artist
Birthplace: Sunning, China
Last Residence: USA
Gender: Male
Race/Nationality: Chinese
Ship Name: President Lincoln
Port of Arrival: Seattle, Washington
Port of Departure: Hong Kong, China

New York Chinese Exclusion Act Case File
Name: George Moy Quing
Alias: Quing Moy
Additional Alias: Gung Dek Moy
Possible Chinese Surname: 梅
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 22 Jan 1883
Birthplace: China
Age: 42
Occupation: Professor of Art
Place of Origin: On Fun Village, Sunning
Address: 75 5th Avenue, New York, New York
Port & Entry Date: San Francisco; 1886
Case Number(s): 6, 32
Box: 2

(Next post October 18: Paul Fung in the Oregonian)

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July 1948

Detail of cover; San Francisco  Chinatown

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Bellingham Herald
(Washington)
November 4, 1909

Chinese Artist Slain by Tong.
Oakland, Cal., Nov. 4.—Yee Kee, a Chinese crayon artist, was shot to death

last night in his room here. The assassin escaped. The police believe some

member of the On Yick tong is responsible for Yee Kee’s death as a member

of the Yee family was also killed in San Francisco last night. The feud between

the Yee family and the tong had its origin over the elopement of Wo Que, a

slave girl belonging to the Yee family.

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About the Architect: Poy Gum Lee (Li Jinpei)

1910 United States Federal Census
Name: Poy Lee
Age in 1910: 12
Birth Year: abt 1898
Birthplace: New York
Home in 1910: Manhattan Ward 6, New York, New York [32 Mott Street]
Race: Chinese
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: Yet Gip Lee
Father's Birthplace: China
Mother's Name: See Min
Mother's Birthplace: California
Household Members:
Name / Age
Yet Gip Lee 47
See Min 31
Kom Loo 13
Poy Lee 12
Foou Lee 6
Hung Pock Lee 4
Soo Hock Lee 2

World War I Draft Registration Card
Name: Poy Gum Lee
City: Manhattan [32 Mott Street]
County: New York
State: New York
Birth Date: 17 Jan 1900 [Other sources have the day as 14.]
Race: Oriental (Asian)
Draft Board: 94
Age: 18
Occupation: Student, Pratt Institute
Nearest Relative: Lee Yick Dep
Height/Build: Short/Slender
Color of Eyes/Hair: Borwn/Black
Signature: September 9, 1918

American Consular Service
Cerrtificate of Marriage
Name: Poy G Lee
Age: 26
Birth Year: abt 1900
Birth Place: New York City, New York
Spouse’s Name: Pansy Choye
Spouse’s Age: 21
Spouse’s Birth Year: abt 1905
Spouse’s Birth Place: Shanghai, China
Marriage Date: 18 Sep 1926
Marriage Place: Cantonese Baptist Church, Shanghai, China
Official: Rev. Yeushong Lau
Consular Location: Shanghai, China

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Men of Shanghai and North China
George Nellist, Editor
The Oriental Press, 1933
pages 209, 211 and 212

The American Institute of Architects
Architect
Firm

American Architects Directory
First Edition
R.R. Bowker, 1956
page 324

American Architects Directory
Second Edition
R.R. Bowker, 1962
page 411

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Poy Gum Lee’s Kimlau Memorial Arch

Kimlau Square
New York City, 1961

Chinese Wikipedia

Find a Grave

(Updated August 28, 2015; next post September 20: Yee Kee, Crayon Artist)

Poy Gum Lee (Li Jinpei), 1945, 1946

Passenger List

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Name: Poy Gum Lee

Departure Date: 13 Oct 1945

Arrival Date: 5 Nov 1945

Age: 45

Birth Date: abt 1900

Birthplace: New York, New York, United States

Gender: Male

Ethnicity: Chinese

Ship Name: La Vaca

Port of Arrival: San Francisco

Port of Departure: Shanghai, China

Last Residence: China

Friend's Name: Boe D Lee

Shanghai Evening Post and Mercury

November 8, 1945

page 7 column 2: Among Arriving Repatriates

Lee, Poy G., and family

Buffalo Courier-Express
(New York)
February 24, 1946
“Chinese Student Returns with Family”

The page was folded and covered part of the caption under the top photograph. Here is the text as it may been appeared:

In returning to his alma mater, where, in a year, he can qualify for a B.A. degree, Mr. Poy G. Lee resumed architectural studies that were interrupted 25 years ago. At that time, after three years of study at Pratt Institute, New York, he left school to work in Shanghai, China, as an architect designing the Bank of Canton. Later he finished the mausoleum for Dr. Sun Yat Sen in Nanking. In Shanghai, Mr. Lee, who is New York born, married a Chinese citizen, and raised a daughter, Arlene. Now he returns to study at Pratt, he is accompanied by his wife and daughter, who is 17. Photo above shows Mr. Lee at his studies.

(Updated July 23, 2021; tomorrow: About the Architect: Poy Gum Lee)

Poy Gum Lee (Li Jinpei) in Who’s Who in China

Who’s Who in China

Biographies of Chinese Leaders

Fifth Edition

The China Weekly Review, 1936

page 137, column 2

Poy G. Lee, R.A., (Li Ching-pei)

Poy G. Lee, R.A., architect; born at New York City, U.S.A., Jan. 14, 1900, of Cantonese parentage; attended Dewitt Clinton High School 1913–17, Pratt Institute 1917–20, Massachusetts Institute of Technology summer 1921, Columbia University 1922–23, completing Beaux Arts Institute work 1919–23; passed the University of the State of New York licence [sic] for registered architect 1923; employed in the offices of Murphy Mcgill & Hamlin Archts., J.F. Jackson Archt., and Ludlow & Peabody Archts., working on the Yenching University, New Jersey & Passaic Y.M.C.A. Buildings, John’s Manville 28 story building, New York and Times Annex Buildings of 20 stories, respectively; came to China for the Y.M.C.A. Building Bureau for China, Nov. 1923 in association with A.Q. Adamson, director; completed the following Y.M.C.A.’s in China; Shanghai foreign, Shanghai Navy, Changsha, Paoting, Tsinan, Nanking, Ningpo, Shanghai National Committee Building, Nanchang, Chengtu, Foochow, Amoy, during the period of 1923 to 1927; started his own practice in April, 1927; became associate architect to Y.C. Lu during the period of his illness, 1928; upon Lu’s death in March, 1929, was entrusted by the respective Committees to finish up the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, Nanking, and the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Canton, 1929–1930; chartered member of the Society of Chinese Architects, secretary and treasurer 1927–29, president 1930; handled the following work 1927–30: The Nantao Christian Institute, The Mary Farnham Girls School, the Frenchtown Shanghai Chinese Y.M.C.A. 11 story Building, the National Y.M.C.A. Headquarters 8 story Building, Shanghai; Huchow Isolation Hospital, Cantonese Guild Girls School, Shanghai; Hangchow Power Plant; Central University—College of Commerce, Kiangwan; Wuhan University, Wuchang; Cantonese Baptist Church, Shanghai; Capital Theatre, Nanking; and the Shanghai Quarantine Station; New Capital Theatre, Nanking; Lingnan School, Shanghai; Quarantine Station, Amoy. Changchow General Hospital, Changchow; elected President, Society of Chinese Architects, 1936; address: 349 Kiangse Road.

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The 1936 book is available at the Internet Archive.

American University Men in China
American University Club of Shanghai
Comacrib Press, 1936

(Updated September 16, 2014; tomorrow: Poy Gum Lee, 1944, 1946)