Photographs of a trip to Luzon, Philippines | Collections | The Huntington

Photographs of a trip to Luzon, Philippines | Collections | The Huntington

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Collection of 66 black-and-white gelatin silver photographs and one typed letter. The photographs show scenes of agricultural and natural resource management, group gatherings and performances, a wedding ceremony procession, the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources Bureau of Agriculture Extension, the San Marcos YMCA 4-H Club, a public bath house, temples, Shamrock Drilling Company wells, Santa Monica Rural Reconstruction Center, and more. Throughout the photos there is group of visitors that include men and women, and one white male with a camera that appears often. Seemingly the group toured the island of Luzon and visited many different municipalities and provinces including Mayantoc, San Manuel in Tarlac, Manila, Lupao, Santa Monica, San Luis, Bulacan, and Aguso in Tarlac City. There is a note reading "Credit Photo Philippines Herald - DMHM - Newspapers" on the verso of seven of the photographs. The collection also includes a typed letter from "Bosley" introducing Tad Szulc from the New York Times, and a business card of Charles Miller (Chas. W. Miller) Camera Shop, Manila.
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Letter
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Collection of 66 black-and-white gelatin silver photographs and one typed letter. The photographs show scenes of agricultural and natural resource management, group gatherings and performances, a wedding ceremony procession, the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources Bureau of Agriculture Extension, the San Marcos YMCA 4-H Club, a public bath house, temples, Shamrock Drilling Company wells, Santa Monica Rural Reconstruction Center, and more. Throughout the photos there is group of visitors that include men and women, and one white male with a camera that appears often. Seemingly the group toured the island of Luzon and visited many different municipalities and provinces including Mayantoc, San Manuel in Tarlac, Manila, Lupao, Santa Monica, San Luis, Bulacan, and Aguso in Tarlac City. There is a note reading "Credit Photo Philippines Herald - DMHM - Newspapers" on the verso of seven of the photographs. The collection also includes a typed letter from "Bosley" introducing Tad Szulc from the New York Times, and a business card of Charles Miller (Chas. W. Miller) Camera Shop, Manila.
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Photographs of the Philippines featuring historical landmarks and buildings
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A group of 23 photographs (3.5 x 5.75 inches or smaller) featuring landmarks and buildings in the Philippines, mostly in Manila, including the Manila Hotel, Old Spanish Gate, Santa Lucia Gate, Jose Rizal monument, Legazpi Garden entertainment facility, aquarium, and palm trees lining Bonifacio Drive. There is also a bird's-eye view of downtown Manila, with several businesses and storefronts visible including a photography and art studio, barber shop, and optician. Of note is a crowd scene of the religious Procession of the Black Nazarene in Quiapo, Manila, with the saint figure and cross at center. The photographs are a mixture of snapshots and commercially-produced images from various sources.
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Photographs of the Philippines featuring historical landmarks and buildings
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A group of 23 photographs (3.5 x 5.75 inches or smaller) featuring landmarks and buildings in the Philippines including the Manila Hotel, Old Spanish Gate, Santa Lucia Gate, Jose Rizal monument, Legazpi Garden entertainment facility, aquarium, and palm trees lining Bonifacio Drive. There is also a bird's-eye view of downtown Manila, with several businesses and storefronts visible including a photography and art studio, barber shop, and optician. Of note is a crowd scene taken during the Procession of the Black Nazarene in Quiapo, Manila, with the saint figure and cross at center. The photographs are a mixture of snapshots and commercially produced images from various sources.
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Cartes-de-visite by early commercial photographers in the Philippines
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A group of 10 carte-de-visite portraits taken in the1860s and 1870s in photography studios in Manila, Philippines. The unidentified sitters are Filipino, Chinese, and Spanish men, women and children, mostly in individual portraits, with one image of three Indigenous men posed with spears. Six images are credited to Pedro Picon (one dated 1867); the others have imprints for Fotografia Universal Manila, Honiss Fotografo Manila, H. Schuren, and W. W. Wood. These cartes-de-visite illustrate the early activities of commercial photography studios in the Philippines.
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Cartes-de-visite by early commercial photographers in the Philippines
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A group of 10 carte-de-visite portraits taken in the1860s and 1870s in photography studios in Manila, Philippines. The unidentified sitters are Filipino, Chinese, and Spanish men, women and children, mostly in individual portraits, with one image of three Indigenous men posed with spears. Six images are credited to Pedro Picon (one dated 1867); the others have imprints for Fotografia Universal Manila, Honiss Fotografo Manila, H. Schuren, and W. W. Wood. These cartes-de-visite illustrate the early activities of commercial photography studios in the Philippines.
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