Sunday, August 31, 2008

18. 1909, Queen of the Manila Carnival, JULIA GUERRERO AGCAOILI

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1909 QUEEN OF THE MANILA CARNIVAL. Julia Agcaoili y Guerrero, the pride of Ilocos Norte, was gifted with vocal and musical talents. The Quee...
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Thursday, August 28, 2008

17. 1909, MANILA CARNIVAL

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Optimism was at a record-high when the plans for the second edition of the Manila Carnival unfolded in October 1908. A magazine observed, “ ...
Tuesday, August 26, 2008

16. 1908, CARNIVAL PERSONALITIES IN COSTUME

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COL. GEORGE T. LANGHORNE as Monsieur Beaucaire. The very concept of a Carnival in Manila was the brainchild of Col. George T. Langhorne, ...
Monday, August 25, 2008

15. 1908, SCENES FROM A CARNIVAL

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A picture album of the Carnival of 1908, from THE PHILIPPINE MAGAZINE, Manila, October 1908. Issued annually at Manila by Howard Furman Hedd...
Wednesday, August 20, 2008

14. 1908, A ROYAL CLASH

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As dual queens of the 1st Manila Carnival, Pura and Marjorie held equal rank and shared equal billings, but newspapers, egged by the crowds ...
Monday, August 18, 2008

13. 1908, PAGEANT BY THE BAY: The Meeting of Royals

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One of the most spectacular ceremonials conceived for the 1908 Carnival was the meeting of the Occidental and the Oriental Queen on the bay...
Wednesday, August 13, 2008

12. 1908, Queen of the Occident, MARJORIE RADCLIFFE COLTON

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1908 QUEEN OF THE OCCIDENT. Marjorie Radcliffe Colton, of Illinois. Sister of Philippine Collector of Customs, George R. Colton and future ...