Ambeth R. Ocampo's Blog, page 114

These photographs from the collection of Dean C. Worcester are part of a larger collection of ethnographic and geographical docu...

These photographs from the collection of Dean C. Worcester are part of a larger collection of ethnographic and geographical documentation of the Philippines and the Filipinos in the early 1900s. Documentation of the U.S.trying to understand her far-off colony.
I chose these two wondering what it was like for upland Filipinos to encounter new technology for the first time: the phonograph, the motor car, and, of course, hidden from our view, the camera that captured these images.
Photos fro...

My Inquirer column today on the late F. Sionil Jose, National Artist for Literature.https://opinion.inquirer.net/148580/f......

My Inquirer column today on the late F. Sionil Jose, National Artist for Literature.
https://opinion.inquirer.net/148580/f...



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We are so used to having portraits on the face of our banknotes we don't even want to consider or imagine having something else ...

We are so used to having portraits on the face of our banknotes we don't even want to consider or imagine having something else on them. For example, the beautiful Mayon Volcano appeared on the face of the prewar Silver certificate that could be exchanged for its value, twenty pesos, in physical gold or silver coins.



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Does anyone remember if these Jelly beans from prewar Malabon were any good?

Does anyone remember if these Jelly beans from prewar Malabon were any good?



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RIZAL QUOTE FOR THE COMING WEEK.Texts are translated from the original Spanish or other languages, and sourced from the 25-volu...

RIZAL QUOTE FOR THE COMING WEEK.
Texts are translated from the original Spanish or other languages, and sourced from the 25-volume Escritos de Rizal series (Jose Rizal National Centennial Commission, 1961).



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"MORO UMBRELLA."Elizabeth Keith (1887-1956) was a British artist who made a number of fine woodcuts of scenes from her travels ...

"MORO UMBRELLA."
Elizabeth Keith (1887-1956) was a British artist who made a number of fine woodcuts of scenes from her travels around Asia that included thePhilippines. “Moro umbrella” is perhaps the most charming of her Filipiniana images. Quite small at 8 x 6 inches nobody paid any attention to it at the Heritage Art Gallery in the 1980s and if I had asked for it, and pleaded that I was a student on allowance, Mario Alcantara would have given it to me for a song. This is one of many regrets i...

My Inquirer column today on disease in Philippine history as seen through the index of the 55-volume compilation of historical d...

My Inquirer column today on disease in Philippine history as seen through the index of the 55-volume compilation of historical documents known to historians as "Blair& Robertson."
https://opinion.inquirer.net/148413/d...

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In Memoriam: F. Sionil Jose (1924-2022).Glad Freud met National Artist Frankie. They liked each other.A peek into Frankie's of...

In Memoriam: F. Sionil Jose (1924-2022).
Glad Freud met National Artist Frankie. They liked each other.
A peek into Frankie's office tucked away on the second floor of the iconic Solidaridad Bookshop in Ermita.



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Bullfights in Manila.One wonders what foreign influences take root and stay in our long history. Americans intoduced baseball b...

Bullfights in Manila.
One wonders what foreign influences take root and stay in our long history. Americans intoduced baseball but basketball took root. We used to have Jai-alai and that went out of fashion too. But bullfights? On the edge of the photograph you can clearly see the clock tower of Manila City Hall. I wonder why bullfighting did not catch on despite three centuries of Spanish rule. Photo from the S.D. Quiason Library, NHCP.



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My Inquirer column today on the annual exercise of marking important dates on a planner.https://opinion.inquirer.net/148334/hol...

My Inquirer column today on the annual exercise of marking important dates on a planner.
https://opinion.inquirer.net/148334/h...



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