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The Luneta at sunset, [park and bandstand, Manila, Philippines] – Antique Print

The Luneta at sunset, [park and bandstand, Manila, Philippines], [between 1900 and 1925?] — historic photograph
The Luneta at sunset, [park and bandstand, Manila, Philippines], [between 1900 and 1925?]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(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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The Luneta at sunset, [park and bandstand, Manila, Philippines]

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The Luneta, the broad seaside park along Manila Bay, is shown here at sunset with its bandstand and promenade. The ground had earlier been an open field where Spanish colonial authorities carried out executions, including the 1896 execution of the nationalist writer José Rizal. Under the American administration that followed the Spanish-American War, the area was reshaped into a public park where Manila families gathered for evening strolls and band concerts. The print comes from the Arthur Stanley Riggs collection, and its date is given only as a rough estimate between 1900 and 1925.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1925?]
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesNo. 121. Arthur Stanley Riggs Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Parks; Churches; Geogr.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,066 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-143190

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