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People and activities
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People and activities
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Photographic postcards of a variety of people in social, cultural, and everyday activities or posed scenes, in both city and rural settings. Indigenous people most likely appear in some of these photographs, but they are not explicitly identified as belonging to a native group. See Binder 2 for photographs with printed captions identifying specific Indigenous groups. Of note are a few images of dog markets, political events, and flagellants.
photCL 701
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Indigenous people; studio portraits; large group portraits
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Photographic postcards identified with the name of an Indigenous group, primarily Bagobo, Igorot, Moro, Negrito, and others. Note that the identifications may not be accurate. See also Binder 1 for unidentified photographs of Indigenous people. The studio portraits include women with beauty contest titles, and other women and men in formal dress. There are also portraits of couples and family groups. The large group portraits are mostly titled with the name of the association, club, or school.
photCL 701
Indigenous people; studio portraits; large group portraits
Visual Materials
Photographic postcards identified with the name of an Indigenous group, primarily Bagobo, Igorot, Moro, Negrito, and others. Note that the identifications may not be accurate. See also Binder 1 for unidentified photographs of Indigenous people. The studio portraits include women with beauty contest titles, and other women and men in formal dress. There are also portraits of couples and family groups. The large group portraits are mostly titled with the name of the association, club, or school.
photCL 701
People in the courtyard of an adobe building
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Three people stand, a dog at their heels, in the middle of a courtyard with threes and flowers.
photCL 215 (85a)
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[Dog]
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Images of a dog posed on a blanket on a lawn.
photCL MLP 3560
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Manila: People and activities (large prints)
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Professional photographs and snapshots primarily of various cities, villages, landmarks, and people in the Philippines. There are images of Filipinos in everyday activities and photographs of popular tourist areas and hotels. The collection also includes photographs of Japan, China, Manchuria, Mexico, the Western United States, and others. The photographs were collected or taken by James King Steele, who was active in the Asia tourist industry from approximately 1911 to 1935. Many of the photographs are promotional or press photos, with typed captions from news agencies. Others are snapshots taken by Steele, or professionally-made photographs. There are approximately 1,800 photographs, dating from approximately 1925 to 1936. They include black-and-white prints in various sizes, many photographic postcards, six color lithographic postcards, and approximately 300 of Steele's film negatives. Most of the negatives have corresponding prints in the collection, but there may be some negatives without prints and prints without negatives.
photCL 694