Photo Gallery

'Polit' was the second son of Macario Tangonan (first patriarch) and Juliana Madamba. This must have been taken shortly after arriving in Hawaii in 1929. The handwritten caption was his own. This photo is in the possession of his son Dionisio Tangonan. One other existing photograph of Hipolito was with his daughter Irene Tangonan. Notice the thin and high-bridge nose, not a common trait of most Filipinos. It is a prized physical trait. It was said that this was a trait of the Tangonans of old. The wide forehead and big ears was also a Tangonan 'trademark.'