Sometime in mid-September, Beth Carillo Taye (no relation to me), a Filipina based in Germany, copy furnished me an e-mail with a set of old photos of Manila at the turn of the 20th century. The photos appear to have been originally e-mailed by Mila Marzo to her friends and contacts, including Beth.
I am posting these century-old photos here to share with Forum members my quaint, indescribable experience of viewing these slices of life long gone by in “The City of Our Affections.”
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1 – Binondo circa early 1900s
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2 – Escolta 1899
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3 – Gate to Intramuros late 1800s
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4 – Gateway to Fort Santiago
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5 – General Otis 1898
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6 – Helping Nanay (Mother) iron clothes
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7 – Luneta Park (Now Rizal Park) 1900s
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8 – Pasig River 1900s
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9 – San Sebastian Church and old Hidalgo St. (now Carlos Palanca St.)
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10 – Tram 1900s
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11 – Malacañang Palace