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  • Meet the Albert T. Quons
    • The Marriage
    • The Lovely Family
    • Civic Minded
  • The Summer of 1954
    • A Story Told in Letters
    • Introduction >
      • AQ: "Have I been busy"
      • JQ: "Orchid leis"
      • LQ: "Go crazy, kid"
      • Wally: "Don't change"
      • RQ: "Damn nice of you"
      • Mom: "A grand success"
      • Mom: "My 'fashion plate'"
      • LQ: "Who'd 've understood?"
      • JQ: "The sexy bastard"
      • Mom: "That 'gleam and glow'"
      • Mom: "So proud of you"
      • AQ: "Poor guy/Fast Casanova"
      • LQ: "Free coaching"
      • Mom: "Simply heartbroken"
      • AQ: "Most scandalous"
      • LQ: "Men!!"
      • JQ: "Gush it up"
      • Mom: "Keep it to yourselves"
      • LQ: "Bitter today"
      • LQ: "Your future brother-in-law"
      • LQ: "To the convent"
      • Dad: "A definite idea"
    • Afterword
  • More about Albert
    • His Biography
    • A Village That Bred Talent
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    • Brothers Between Two Lands
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    • "Historymaker" Award
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      • Youngest Son's Son
      • Unwelcome Nephew
      • Promising Student
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      • Eligible Young Man
      • Reliable Business Partner
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    • Her Biography
    • Ginling College
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The Quons embraced photography. Christmas cards with a polished family portrait were de rigueur, and other family occasions were assiduously documented - but as this 1947 beach photo shows, not every Kodak moment was a formal one.