Young Filipino boys by the river in the province of Negros
Popular among Pinoy boys back in the day are all-white ensembles. High-waisted pants, shirts tucked in by thin belts. The dashing boy on the right sports a medium brim Panama Style Hat or colonial style hat which is perfect for tropical weather. Filipinos usually associate such hats today with lolos or "grandpas". I'm glad that hats are fashionable again in the Philippines, thanks to Justin Timberlake, you can walk around Manila and not get stared down for your fashionable head gear.
Swimwear are usually shorts and white sando.
Photo Inscription:
To Miss Calabutan,
Hope you won't forget your Senior Students.
Your student, M. De La Torre H.H. Bacaug, Negros Oriental
Viva Filipinas is a repository of vintage photos about life in the Philippines. Some of the photos date back as early as the 1890s, further spanning two World Wars and various eras.
These fotos lasted this long for a reason. Well-kept and loved by their owners, and then lost in some event, fate reclaims their worth and they end up online.
With posterity and history at its side, these fotos have their own special kind of value- they show us the old life, a documentation of the Filipino through the ages.
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