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[Philippines: Governor-General's office, Manila] – Antique Print

[Philippines: Governor-General's office, Manila], 1899 — historic photograph
[Philippines: Governor-General's office, Manila], 1899. 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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Set in Manila, this view shows the seat of colonial administration in the Philippines, a building tied to the office of the governor-general. By 1899 the islands had passed from Spanish to American hands under the Treaty of Paris, and the city was under U.S. military government while fighting between American forces and Filipino revolutionaries had already broken out. The record is thin, and its caption-card notes are unverified, so the exact date and the building's later use are uncertain. Its place among the churches, forts, and monuments on the card suggests it was filed as a record of the city's official architecture during that period of change.

Created / published1899
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesThis record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Churhces; Offices; Monuments; B.I.; Forts; Geogr.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,196 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-143210

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