The Snapshots in Time Collection
Linemen Repairing Storm-Damaged Utility Lines, Philippines, Early 1900s
A tree-shaded street in the Philippines during the early twentieth century, photographed in the aftermath of a typhoon. Two linemen work to restore downed telephone or electric wires at a utility pole while a horse-drawn calesa and an early automobile pass along the road, illustrating the mix of traditional and modern transportation of the period. Broken tree limbs in the foreground attest to recent storm damage. Part of the Carl Stone Philippines collection documenting the Spanish-American War era and its aftermath in the islands. Project: 218142