RARE VIDEO OF ILOILO IN 1941 JUST BEFORE THE ADVENT OF WORLD WAR II
NOTICE: The caryatids of Arroyo Fountain in front of the Iloilo Provincial Capitol are fully clothed now as demanded by the conservative locales of Iloilo.
Archival video of Iloilo, taken in 1941 by Herman George Eiden (1921–1942), machinist’s mate third class of the USS Houston, which is now part of the University of Houston Libraries Special Collections. It features life in the waterfront, street scenes on Ledesma Street, the Provincial Building of Iloilo and Muelle Loney, among others.
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