filter_framesPhilippine Photographs Digital Archive, Special Collections Research Center, University of Michigan

This archive of photos is part of a project titled The United States and its Territories 1870 - 1925: The Age of Imperialism.

The digital photographs archive consists of over 2,100 images taken from the following Special Collections Research Center photograph collections (with their four-letter identifiers):

• Dean C. Worcester (1866-1924), Photographs of the Philippine Islands (PHLA);
• Parker Hitt Photograph Collection (PHLB);
• Manila, Philippines, Collection (PHLC);
• Manila, Philippines, and Environs (slides and photographs) (PHLD);
• Scenes of Philippine History (slides) (also PHLD);
• General John J. Pershing Photograph Collection (PHLE);
• Everett E. Thompson Photograph Collection (PHLF);
• Tiffany Williams Photograph Collection (PHLG);
• Memory Book: U.S.S. Chaumont (PHLJ).

In general, the images depict Filipinos, buildings, dwellings, and monuments in and around Manila, Filipino political and military leaders, members of American commissions and military units based in the Philippines, and numerous landscape scenes, particularly on Mindanao and in Lanao Province.

Rights and Permissions

The University of Michigan Library provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes. These materials may be under copyright. If you decide to use any of these materials, you are responsible for making your own legal assessment and securing any necessary permission.