Photos Taken in Tanauan, Early American Colonial Period
These photos below are part of the recently-released Manila Railroad Company collection of the United States National Archives Digital Lib...
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Photos of Bauan Taken in November 1911
In this page are recently released scanned photographs of the now-defunct Manila Railroad Company, digitized and made available for downlo...
The First Filipina Maryknoll Sister was from Lipa, Batangas
Readers who live in or close to the City of Lipa in the Province of Batangas will be well aware of the existence of the school called Cano...
A 1930 Batangas Road Trip Guide
[TRANSCRIPTION] This page contains all the text from the Batangas Road Trip section of the 1930 edition of “The Official Road Guide 1 .” ...
Taal Longganisa: Garlicky Excellence not Well-Known Outside Batangas
[CULTURE: FOOD] The Philippine "longganisa" is a type of sausage Filipinos have enjoyed since the Spanish colonial era. The name...
American-Held Prisoners-of-War in Balayan, 1900-01
Below is a transcribed list of mostly Batangueño prisoners-of-war held by the United States Army at a facility in the municipality of Balay...
The Crash of a U.S. Navy Plane at Lipa Airfield in November 1944
By late October 1944, Allied forces led by the United States landed on the beaches of Leyte in what was seen as the first step towards th...
What Ended Lipa's 19th Century Coffee Boom
There has been a lot of discussion in this site already about Lipa’s late 19 th century coffee boom, which earned the then-town the title...
Gen. J. Franklin Bell’s Circulars to the US Army Regarding Filipino “Insurgents”
[Transcriptions] There is an extensive coverage in this web site already of the Philippine-American War from 1899 to 1902, albeit scatte...
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[CULTURE: Food] History and Origin of Batangas Lomi
“Lomi” is just one of many noodle dishes called pancit (alternatively spelled, pansit ) that have become part of Filipino cuisine. The w...