A Manila Suburban Parish Church—Santa Cruz.

source: project gutenberg

Title: The Philippine Islands
Author: John Foreman

Zamboanga Fortress (“Fuerza del Pilar”)

source: project gutenberg

Title: The Philippine Islands
Author: John Foreman

1973 - Shopping at the caravan

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Philippines

Picture's Original Title: Shopping at the caravan
Thanks to: pbiongriffin

c1950 Manila - street scene

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Manila, Philippines

Picture's Original Title: Manila circa 1950
Thanks to: ChinatownCharlie

Manila , Philippines 1945

Filipinos crossing pontoon bridge

"Jeeps move into the city across a pontoon bridge while local inhabitants depart in the opposite direction."

"Street scenes after the Liberation of Manila by allied forces."
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Second World War, 1939-1945
(Photographer: William H. Robinson)

Tawi-Tawi 15 June 1945 trading pearls

"An officer of the Royal Australian Navy cruiser Hobart bargaining
shipside with native traders for pearls."

Second World War, 1939-1945
ID Number: 113061
Maker: Lee, John

Picking up survivors

"Filipinos assist American motor torpedo boats (PT boats) in picking up survivors after Japanese warships were destroyed by forces of the US seventh fleet in the Battle of Surigao Strait. Note the 22.4 inch Mark 13 torpedoes on the torpedo boat. Also visible are twin .50 Browning machine guns and a 40 mm Bofors AA gun. A depth charge rests on the stern." (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION).

Second World War, 1939-1945

Leyte, Philippines - boarding a boat

25 December 1944

"Australian war correspondents exchange festive greetings with Filipinos in native canoe (prau) from the deck of an American Army tug off Leyte Island where they were entertained at Christmas dinner."

Second World War, 1939-1945
ID Number: 017989
Maker: Bottomley, Clifford