The Snapshots in Time Collection

Interior Classroom Scene with Filipino Women and Girls, Philippines, c. 1890s

Interior Classroom Scene with Filipino Women and Girls, Philippines, c. 1890s

This photograph depicts a classroom or instructional gathering of young Filipino women in the 1890s, held within a traditional bahay-na-bato home featuring capiz-shell windows. The woman in the foreground wears a classic baro't saya ensemble with pañuelo, illustrating the traditional dress of the period alongside evidence of formal education for women under Spanish colonial influence. Project: 218495