Friday, August 13, 2021

Poy Gum Lee (Li Jinpei) Mentioned in Books from 1946 and 1963

China
Edited by Harley Farnsworth MacNair
University of California Press, 1946
Chapter XXIII
Architecture by Henry Killam Murphy [architect]
Poy Gum Lee mentioned on page 369. 

Literature and the Arts in Twentieth Century China
Adolphe Clarence Scott
Doubleday, 1963
Poy G. Lee mentioned on pages xiii and 114 


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Friday, August 6, 2021

Poy Gum Lee (Li Jinpei) in Brooklyn and Mineola, New York


Brooklyn Eagle, March 5, 1947
Brooklyn Eagle, March 7, 1947
4–5 room apartment, preferably Brooklyn or Columbia Heights, for architect and family; willing to buy furniture. Write Poy G. Lee, 46 Mulberry St., N.Y. 13.








A photograph of the family in Brooklyn is here. 

Lee’s wife, Pansy Choye, became a naturalized citizen on April 19, 1949. The address on her naturalization card (at Ancestry.com) was 850 Union Street in Brooklyn. The building was a two-family house. The other residents were Mrs. Gomeringer and her son. 

The 1950 Membership Directory of the American Institute of Architects listed Lee’s home address as 850 Union Street, Brooklyn.

Brooklyn Eagle, April 27, 1951
Real Estate: Buy Union St. House
Fong Eng, Fong Lum Shee, Sing Leong and Sim Nguey Leong have purchased the two-story two-family dwelling located at 850 Union St., on a plot 19.6 x 90, from Poy G. Lee.













Lee moved to the Long Island village, Mineola, New York. The 1956 American Architects Directory said his address was 299 Saville Road. Lee’s youngest daughter graduated from Mineola High School in 1961. Lee’s three daughters (in birth order), Arlene, Kathreen and Elizabeth, moved to California. The 1962 American Architects Directory said Lee had a residence at 215 Park Row in Manhattan. 




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Friday, July 30, 2021

Poy Gum Lee (Li Jinpei) in Shanghai Directories

The Shanghai Directory 1929
page 175: Li-jin-pei-cheng-jui-shih
29 Szechuen Road Tel 14849

Lee, Poy G., Registered Architect
Architects and Engineers
Chang, K. P., architect
Ling, J. K., civil engineer
King, Y. Y., civil engineer
Chen, Gee K., secretary
Li, T. K., clerk of works





















page 460: Szechuen Road—E
29 Sheng Building—
Poy G. Lee






















The Shanghai Directory 1930
page 175: Li-king-pai-chi-tso-sze
29 Szechuen Road Tel 14849
P.O. Box 1467 Tel Add: Genyue

Lee, Poy G.
Architects and Engineers

Lee, Poy G., Registered Architect, architect
Wong, T.P., business manager
Chang, K.P., architect
Ling, J.K., civil engineer, engineer
Chen, S.Y., secretary
Chong, Y.C., draughtsman
Kew, S., draughtsman
Wong, Z.C., draughtsman
Chen, B.F., draughtsman
Loo, Y.T., draughtsman
Lee, Y.T, draughtsman
Zee, C.W., superintendent
Chuck, M.Y., superintendent
Tsuy, W.F., superintendent
Sung, S.U., clerk of works
Lee, T.K., clerk of works





















page 475: Szechuen Road—C
29 Sheng Building—
G. Lee Pay [sic]





















page 524: Lee, Poy G. & Mrs—88 Fong Loh Lee






















The Shanghai Directory 1931
page 182: Li-king-pai-chi-tso-sze
29 Szechuen Road Tel 14849
P.O. Box 1467 Tel Add: Genyue

Lee, Poy G., Registered Architect
Architects and Engineers

Lee, Poy G., Registered Architect, architect
Wong, T. P., business manager
Chang, K. P., architect
Lee, Y. O., M. Arch., architect
Ling, J.K., Civil Engineer, engineer
Chen, S.Y., secretary
Sung, S. U., draughtsman
Zee, C. T., draughtsman
Wong, Z. C., draughtsman
Chen, B. F., draughtsman
Lee, Y. T, draughtsman
Zee, C. W., superintendent
Chuck, M. Y., superintendent
Tsuy, W. F., superintendent
Loo, Y. T., clerk of works
Lee, T. K., clerk of works
Jen, C. W., clerk of works





















page 506: Szechuen Road—C
29 Szechuen Building—
G. Lee Poy





















page 562: Lee, Poy G. & Mrs—Y 1052 C North Szechuen Road






















The Shanghai Directory 1941
page 192: Lee, Poy G.
Architects and Engineers
353 Kiangse-rd
Tel 14849
TA 1237
PO Box 1467

Lee, Poy G., Registered Architect, M.S.C.A.
Chu, Basun, Civil Engineer
Chen, B. F., draughtsman
Chow, Y. N., draughtsman
Lam, S. N., draughtsman
Jen, Y. C., clerk-of-works
Hsiang, F. H., clerk-of-works





















page 405: Shanghai Who’s Who
Lee, Poy G.—Poy G. Lee





















page 510: Kiangse Road
353 
Poy G. Lee





















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Friday, July 23, 2021

Poy Gum Lee (Li Jinpei) and the Sun Yat-sen Memorials

The Bombay Chronicle
(India)
December 3, 1931
Poy G. Lee mentioned three times for his work in Canton.

China
Edited by Harley Farnsworth MacNair
University of California Press, 1946
page 363: Chapter XXIII
Architecture by Henry Killam Murphy
page 369: Poy G. Lee and the memorial in Canton

Literature and the Arts in Twentieth Century China
Adolphe Clarence Scott
Doubleday, 1963
page xiii: Poy G. Lee (1900– ) Architect and assistant to Lu Yen-chih
page 114: Poy G. Lee’s roles mentioned for the memorials at Nanking and Canton.


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Friday, June 11, 2021

Comics: James Wong, Korean War Prisoner

Warfront #12, November 1952
“Chinese All-American”
artwork attributed to Manny Stallman
 


























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Friday, June 4, 2021

Photography: May Wong, World War II Woman at Work

Elmira Star Gazette (New York), 
August 10, 1943






















Jackson Advocate (Mississippi), 
August 14, 1943






















Sunday Star (Washington, DC), 
August 22, 1943


















September 10, 1943

































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Friday, May 28, 2021

Photography: World War II Women at Work


















Lora Chan, Sarah Hardiway and Dorothy Ross meet Dr. Mary 
McLeod Bethune, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, Chicago 
Mayor Edward Joseph Kelly, and Mrs. Mary Stuart Anderson. 
Photograph appeared in the Chicago Defender, April 1943, 
and the Evansville Argus, April 9, 1943. 

Further Reading
National First Ladies’ Library, Eleanor Roosevelt
National WWII Museum, Mary McLeod Bethune 


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