Jue Joe and Otto Brant - An Unusual Friendship

 Today  I was invited to give a talk on the friendship between Jue Joe and Otto Brant at the Museum of the San Fernando Valley.   For those unable to attend here is the you tube video of my talk.

One of the fascinating stories in the Jue Joe saga is his friendship with Otto Brant. How does a poor illiterate Chinese man who is a houseboy on a wheat ranch, meet up with and become fast friends with a wealthy Title insurance president? There is ample documentation in real estate deeds and family oral history that Otto and Jue Joe were associates and friends but why or how that friendship developed is something I did not understand. My talk concerns the research I have done and some of the answers about that very special and unusual friendship.

Museum of the San Fernando Valley Presentation on Jue Joe Ranch

 Recently, Franky Ortega,  a high school history teacher and local historian  has developed a series of Zoom  presentations on the Jue Joe Ranch for the Museum of the San Fernando Valley. As part of the first event on August 8th,  Franky asked Auntie Soo-Yin and I to talk. .

The first you tube video is a 20 minute presentation by me about personal reflections about the Jue Joe  Ranch. 

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The  second video  is 1 hour interview of Auntie Soo Yin by Franky . 

The third  video will be a presentation by Franky Ortega of his videos and pictures of the demolition of the Jue Joe Ranch structures . This will be added to this post when available . 

The  final  video is a 41 minute Question and answer session recorded from the live zoom meeting. For some reason this video starts in the middle of the Q and A , just rewind to the beginning to get the whole Q and A session.