Dining hall and quarters of U.S. soldiers in a church at Malagon, Philippine Islands, [1899?] – Historic Print
![Dining hall and quarters of U.S. soldiers in a church at Malagon, Philippine Islands, [1899?], c1919 Dec. 13. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/68/68bf0ff6a7e4-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Dining hall and quarters of U.S. soldiers in a church at Malagon, Philippine Islands, [1899?], a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Dining hall and quarters of U.S. soldiers in a church at Malagon, Philippine Islands, [1899?]
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Few pictures show the inside of a church turned into a barracks as plainly as this one, which records a dining hall and sleeping quarters for American soldiers at Malagon in the Philippine Islands. Churches were often commandeered for troops during the Philippine-American War, which began in 1899, when American forces needed shelter in towns across the archipelago. The card is a stereograph issued by the Keystone View Company, a firm that sold paired views for parlor viewers. Its 1919 date reflects the copyright and caption, while the record suggests the scene itself may be from around 1899, a detail not fully verified.
| Created / published | c1919 Dec. 13. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Notes | J238405 U.S. Copyright Office Stereo copyrighted by Keystone View Co. No. 24036. This record contains unverified data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 779 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-152940 |
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