The Snapshots in Time Collection

Typhoon Storm Damage and Utility Line Repair, Philippines, Early 1900s

Typhoon Storm Damage and Utility Line Repair, Philippines, Early 1900s

Storm damage from a typhoon in the Philippines, photographed in the early twentieth century. Downed tree limbs litter the roadway while a utility worker repairs storm-damaged power or telephone lines, illustrating the recovery efforts that followed severe tropical storms during the American colonial period in the Philippines. Project: 218142