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From left to right: Guillermo Gómez Rivera, Edmundo Farolán
The book cover of La nueva Babilonia, above on the left, is a detail from the painting Comprador (“Buyer”) by Pablo Baens Santos from 1978, which is…
From left to right: Magdalena C. Sayas, Edmundo Farolán and Paulina Constancia
"From Mariño’s translation to English came Magdalena Sayas’s own translation anthology in Filipino called Cuento / Kwento. Pictured above on the left…
From left to right: Zoilo J. Hilario, Manuel Bernabé, José G. Reyes, Adelina Gurrea Monasterio
Pictured above are four of the books, from left to right: On the cover of Patria y redención, published in 1914, we see an oval portrait of the author…
Jesús Balmori
At the top of this faded 1915 cover of the novella Se deshojó la flor (The Flower Has Withered) is the novel's title and author, Jesús Balmori,…
Unknown Photographer
The image on the right depicts four unnamed Kalinga chiefs from the Philippine highlands, all wearing small necklaces and loincloths and standing in…
Unknown Photographer
Photographed in front of a white sheet hung on a line behind them, Worcester stands to the left of an unnamed Negrito. Worcester sports a pith helmet…
Samuel D. Ehrhart
Above is a political cartoon from the satirical magazine Puck done in watercolor. In the foreground, Uncle Sam gestures to the right and left. Behind…
Unknown Photographer
One of the “attractions” of the Philippine Exposition was a group of Filipino children who were made to sit in a model classroom while American…
Alfred C. Newell
One of the main highlights of the St. Louis World’s Fair was the so-called Philippine Exposition. Pictured on one side of the burnt orange brochure is…
First Philippine Commission
Titled bilingually as Pahayag sa mañga taga Filipinas / Proclama al pueblo filipino, the proclamation was printed on a broadside sheet measuring 71 x…