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Object Number
12-61-70/10861.1.4586
Display Title
Awning of cotton cloth more than 1/4 mile long
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "History / 38-d 42 / An awning of cotton cloth more than 1/4 mile long was constructed / over the street leading from the sea beach to the government building / The Organization of a Civil Government of the Second Philippine Commission / Gift of / W. C. Forbes, 1912"
Department
Photographic
Date
1898-1912
Culture
- Philippine
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Philippines
Dimensions
Overall: 10.16 x 15.24 cm (4 x 6 in.)
Provenance
Donor
William Cameron Forbes
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