Posted Jul 20, 2014, 2:29 AM
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Y C Hong and his Hupmobile
 
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Originally Posted by GaylordWilshire
 
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Looks like Y. C. Hong was a lawyer who in 1932 lived at 1045 S Gramercy in the Country Club District (as in the former LACC). The houses in the background don't match that address, however. Neither do any of the houses in the background match what appears to be his 1927-30 address, 533 East 33rd St. He was working as an interpreter for the US Immigration Service in 1927.
Turns out he was a civic leader with a very impressive résumé, including work as a developer of the new Chinatown:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Chung_Hong
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/landin...n/p16003coll12
In a shot similar to the one of his father with Hupmobile, here's Y.C.'s son Nowland with his '49 Ford and his brother Roger:
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Mabel Hong--Mrs. Y. C.--in the back yard of 1045 S Gramercy, which is the not the house in the background... 1045 is at left in the GSV. (No indication which of the three ladies is Mrs. Hong.)
 
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The C47 was purchased by the U. S. Treasury Department using money raised in the Los Angeles Chinese American community. Y. C. Hong served as chair for the Chinatown war finance committee.
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July 1945
 
  http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/single...2/id/27/rec/10
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