Photo of the Balayan Public Market [October 1913, BPW Quarterly Bulletin]
This photograph is part of a series showing construction projects undertaken by the Bureau of Public Works during the American colonial era. All photographs have been digitally extracted from the Quarterly Bulletins of the bureau.
The photograph below is from the October 19131 edition of the quarterly bulletin and captioned: “Balayan market, Batangas.” This market was among those listed by the Bureau of Public Works as “completed,” its dimensions being 21 by 43 meters.
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| Classic photo of the Balayan public market. Digitally extracted from the October 1913 edition of the Bureau of Public Works Quarterly Bulletin. |
Funding for the Balayan market’s construction included ₱15,000.00 by way of loan from the Insular (or colonial) Government and ₱5,000 as appropriation from the municipal government of Balayan.
Notes and references:
1 “Bureau of Public Works Quarterly Bulletin, Volume 2 No. 3,” compiiled by C.A. Tansill, published October 1913 in Manila by the Bureau of Public Works.