The Snapshots in Time Collection
Gallery: Part 1
From stateside mobilization camps and shipboard calisthenics to garrison mess breaks and wagon trains on tropical roads, these photographs trace American soldiers across the Spanish-American and Philippine-American Wars. Alongside them, images of Filipino townspeople, brass bands, and Spanish colonial churches record the communities and landscapes that occupation forces encountered.
Steamship at Anchor in Philippine Harbor, circa 1890s (Late Spanish Colonial Period)
Rural Landscape with Farmhouse and Tent, Possible Stateside Military Encampment, circa 1890s
Company Street in Army Encampment with Shelter Tents, Spanish-American War Era, circa 1890s
Group Portrait of Filipino Rice Farm Laborers with Winnowing Trays, Philippines, circa 1890s-1900s
Filipino Town Brass Band Assembled Before American Soldier, Philippine-American War Era
American Army Soldier Posed with Filipino Civilians in Doorway, Philippine-American War Era
Spanish Colonial Church and Carabao Carts in Philippine Town Plaza, circa 1890s-1900s
American Military Wagon Train on Rural Road, Philippine-American War Era
Group Portrait of Filipino Girls and Young Women in a Courtyard, Philippines, c. 1890s
Two Young Filipino Women in Traditional Wrapped Tapis, Philippines, c. 1890s-1900s
River Casco Under Tow, Philippine Waterway, c. 1890s
American Soldiers Hauling a Two-Wheeled Cart Past a Nipa Hut, Philippine-American War Era, c. 1899-1902
Supply Carts and River Barge at a Riverbank Staging Area, Philippines, c. 1899-1902
Soldiers Washing Laundry Aboard Ship, Spanish-American/Philippine-American War Era, c. 1898-1902
Filipino Market Stall with Vendor and Goods - Military Philippines 1890s Collection
American Infantry Formation with Blanket Rolls Along a Colonial Street, Philippine-American War, c. 1898-1902
Soldiers Performing Calisthenics Aboard a Troop Transport, Spanish-American/Philippine-American War Era, c. 1898-1902
U.S. Army Troops Aboard Transport Ship En Route to the Philippines, c. 1898-1900
American Military Formation on a Parade Ground, Philippine-American War Era, c. 1898-1902
American Troops Drilling in a Philippine Town Plaza, c. 1898-1902
American Officer Leading a Filipino Band on the March, Philippines, c. 1898-1905
American Troops and Horses at a Philippine Colonial Church Plaza, c. 1898-1902
American Soldiers on the Steps of a Grand Government Building, c. 1898-1902
Two Children in a Pine Forest Setting, United States, c. 1890s-1900s
Interior View of a Catholic Church During Mass, Philippines, c. 1890s
Town Plaza with Spanish Colonial Church and American Flag, Philippines, c. 1899-1905
American Soldiers at Mealtime in a Garrison Courtyard, Philippine-American War Era, c. 1898-1902
American Soldiers on Grounds-Keeping Detail Before an Arcaded Colonial Building, c. 1898-1902
Filipino Women Washing and Drying Laundry on a Riverbank, with American Soldiers Observing, c. 1898-1902
Infantry Companies in Dress Formation at a U.S. Army Post, c. 1898-1902
Market Day in a Philippine Town Plaza, c. 1890s
Market Scene with Piles of Fiber, Philippines, c. 1898-1900
“The Pleasures of Farm Life” — Late 19th Century Agricultural Advertising Trade Card (Canton, Ohio Plow Company)
Street Scene with Horse-Drawn Carriages, Manila, Philippines, c. 1898-1900s
"The Caravansary Hotel" -- Way-Station Building, Transit Stop En Route to the Philippines, c. 1898-1900
Native Troops Drilling with Fixed Bayonets Before a Colonial Residence, Philippines, c. 1898-1901
Aerial View of a Military Tent Encampment, U.S. Mobilization Camp, c. 1898
Studio Portrait of a Young Man in Civilian Dress, c. late 1890s-1900s
Group Portrait of Filipino Boys and Young Men, Philippine Colonial Era
Aerial View of Sibley Tent Encampment at a West Coast Army Post, c. 1898
American Troops at Rest in the Field, Philippine-American War, c. 1899-1902
Villagers Loading Nipa Thatch onto a Carabao Cart, Philippines, c. 1898-1900
Gate of Intramuros, the Walled City of Manila, Philippines, c. 1898-1900
Lone Figure in Scrubland, Military Philippines Collection (circa 1890s-1900s)
Man Standing in Scrubland, Possibly Philippines, Late 19th Century
Workers Processing Material in Large Vats, Local Industrial Workshop, Philippines, c. 1898-1900
Carabao Threshing Rice in a Farm Field, Philippines, c. 1898-1900
Column of Soldiers Marching Through a Philippine Town Plaza, circa 1890s-1900s
Spanish Colonial Church and Convento, Philippine Town, c. 1898-1900
