Photograph · 1917 · Manila

The Escolta, a business street in Manila (c.1917)

An old photograph of Manila: The Escolta, a business street in Manila (c.1917) (as titled on the Commons file page); place per Commons categories and text: Manila. — The Escolta, a business street in Manila (c.1917) (as titled on the Commons file page); place per Commons categories and text: Manila.

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Kind: Photograph
Made by: Townsend, Henry S.
Date: 1917 · The institution's record
Held by: the Internet Archive
From: Townsend, Henry S. (1917). Primary Geography. American Book Company.
Catalogue number: Not given
Rights: Public domain
Credit: Townsend, Henry S., the Internet Archive
Named in it: Manila
Scene archive number: city-manila-11
Why Scene may show it: In the public domain by age: made in 1917. Held by the Internet Archive.
Source: Its record at the Internet Archive

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