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Filipino trenches at top of first rise north of Caloocan, 1899

An old photograph of Caloocan City: Original description: External view of insurgent trenches at top of first rise, north of Caloocan From Photographs of the Philippine Islands by Dean C. Worcester, published 1890-1907. Place per Commons categories and text: Caloocan City.
Original description: External view of insurgent trenches at top of first rise, north of Caloocan From Photographs of the Philippine Islands by Dean C. Worcester, published 1890-1907. Place per Commons categories and text: Caloocan City.

Its original 1899 caption is the US Army's, from the Philippine-American War: it calls the Filipino revolutionaries "insurgents".

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Kind
Photograph
Made by
Dean C. Worcester (1866-1924)
Date
1899 · The institution's record
Held by
the University of Michigan Library
Catalogue number
Not given
Rights
Public domain
Credit
Dean C. Worcester (1866-1924), the University of Michigan Library
Named in it
Caloocan
Scene archive number
city-caloocan-city-07
Why Scene may show it
In the public domain by age: made in 1899. Held by the University of Michigan Library.
Source
Its record at WorldCat

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Caloocan City

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Page updated October 9, 2026. Archive catalog release e205c7180a5b.

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