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The Philippines, Past and Present (Volume 1 of 2)

Volume 1 — Vol. I

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Peace and Prosperity Frontispiece

Fort San Antonio Abad, showing the Effect of the Fire from Dewey’s Fleet 6

Felipe Buencamino 14

The San Juan Bridge 20

Insurgent Prisoners 28

Typical Insurgent Trenches 36

Inside View of Insurgent Trenches at the Bagbag River 42

General Henry W. Lawton 50

Feeding Filipino Refugees 58

The First Philippine Commission 64

The Second Philippine Commission 72

The Return of Mr. Taft 80

Governor-general James F. Smith with a Bontoc Igorot Escort 88

Governor-general Forbes in the Wild Man’s Country 96

The Philippine Supreme Court 104

An Unsanitary Well 112

A Flowing Artesian Well 112

An Unimproved Street in the Filipino Quarter of Manila 120

An Improved Street in the Filipino Quarter of Manila 128

Disinfecting by the Acre 136

An Old-style Provincial Jail 144

Retreat at Bilibid Prison, Manila 154

Bilibid Prison Hospital 160

Modern Contagious Disease Ward, San Lazaro Hospital 168

Filipina Trained Nurses 176

Staff of the Bontoc Hospital 184

A Victim of Yaws before and after Treatment with Salvarsan 192

The Culion Leper Colony 200

Building the Benguet Road 208

Freight Autos on the Benguet Road 216

The Famous Zig-zag on the Benguet Road 224

A Typical Baguio Road 232

One of the First Benguet Government Cottages 240

Typical Cottages at Baguio 248

A Baguio Home 256

The Baguio Hospital 264

Government Centre at Baguio 272

A Scene in the Baguio Teachers’ Camp 280

The Baguio Country Club 286

The Bureau of Science Building, Manila 306

The Philippine General Hospital 314

The College of Medicine and Surgery, Manila 322

An Old-style Schoolhouse, with Teachers and Pupils 330

A Modern Primary School Building 338

Old-style Central School Building 346

Modern Central School Building 346

Typical Scene in a Trade School 354

An Embroidery Class 362

Philippine Embroidery 370

Filipino Trained Nurses 380

A School Athletic Team 386

Filipina Girls playing Basket-ball 394

University Hall, Manila 402

Bakídan 410

In Hostile Country 418

Travel under Difficulties 426

Dangerous Navigation 434

A Negrito Family and their “House” 442

A Typical Negrito 446

Typical Kalingas 452

Settling a Head-hunting Feud 458

Entertaining the Kalingas 464

An Ifugao Family 470

Ifugao Dancers 478

An Ifugao Dancer 484

Ifugao Rice Terraces 492

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