The Snapshots in Time Collection

Open-Air Market with Vendors Selling Canned Goods, Luzon, Philippines, WWII Era

Open-Air Market with Vendors Selling Canned Goods, Luzon, Philippines, WWII Era

Filipino vendors sell canned goods and tinned provisions at a busy roadside market on Luzon. Markets such as this thrived on surplus American military rations and supplies, illustrating how the wartime economy shaped daily civilian commerce in the Philippines during and after the 1945 liberation. Project: 218441