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Object Number 12-61-70/10861.1.4504
Display Title Zapote River Bridge
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "History / 38-b 79 Zapote River bridge. The hardest fight of the war south of / Manila occurred at this place where the Insurgents in / the insurrection against Spain were able to hold a / very strong Spanish force. / Insurrection against the United States / Gift of / W. C. Forbes, 1912"
Department Photographic
Date 1898-1912
Culture
  • Philippine
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Philippines / Luzon
Additional Geographic Terms Zapote River, south of Manila
Dimensions Overall: 10.16 x 15.24 cm (4 x 6 in.)
Provenance
Donor William Cameron Forbes

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