The Snapshots in Time Collection
Gallery: Part 5
Wartime Asia appears here in stark contrast, pairing hand-tinted views of Manila's plazas and colonial architecture with scenes of street fighting and ruin in 1930s China and the shattered city of 1945. Preserved in personal albums, these images record how quickly civic life gave way to urban destruction.
Hand-Tinted Photograph of a Philippine Colonial-Era Stone Church with Round Bell Tower and Clock, Provincial Street Scene
USAT Grant Underway in the Verde Island Passage, Philippines, Aerial View
Carabao Wading in Tropical River, Rural Philippines, Hand-Tinted Photograph
"Way Home" — Passing Under the Bridge, Hand-Tinted Souvenir Photograph No. 706, Philippines
Provincial Church Bell Tower and Pond, Rural Philippines, Hand-Tinted Photograph
Fishermen and Boat Silhouetted Against Sun over Water, Hand-Tinted Photograph No. 674, Philippines
Hand-Tinted Photograph: Filipino Villagers Washing Clothes at a Riverbank, Manila Area
Plaza Santa Cruz, Manila, Philippines — Hand-Tinted Street Photograph No. 836
Ivy-Covered Neoclassical Institutional Building, Philippines, Hand-Tinted Photograph No. 67
Building Illuminated with Festive Electric Lights and American Flag at Night, Philippines, Early 20th Century
Silhouetted Figure on Mountain Trail, Cordillera Highlands, Philippines, Hand-Tinted Photograph
Cascading Waterfall in Rocky Ravine, Philippines, Hand-Tinted Photograph
Two Children Silhouetted at Water's Edge Beneath a Dramatic Sky, Hand-Tinted Photograph, Philippines
Coastal Lighthouse and Keeper's House at Sunset with Fishing Structures, Philippines, Hand-Tinted Photograph
U.S. Coast Artillery Gun Firing from Harbor Defense Emplacement, Manila Bay Area, Philippines, Hand-Tinted Photograph
Sandbag Barricade with Armed Guard on Cobblestone Street, Possibly Manila or Another Asian City, Early 20th Century
Smiling Military Officer in Service Uniform with Seated Troops in Background, Possibly Philippines, WWII Era
Urban Fire Aftermath with Onlookers, Asian City Street (Manila Photo Album), c. 1930s-1940s
Japanese Armored Cars on Patrol in a Chinese Treaty-Port Street, c. early-to-mid 1930s
Machine Gun Crew in Anti-Aircraft Firing Position, Sino-Japanese Conflict Era, c. 1930s
Street Destruction in a Chinese Commercial District, Manila, 1945
Ruins of a Neoclassical Building Amid Rubble-Strewn Street, Manila, Philippines, 1945
Wreckage of a Crashed and Burned Aircraft in an Open Field, c. 1930s
Soldiers Carrying Communication Wire Through a City Street, Watched by Local Civilians, c. 1930s
Bombed and Burned-Out City Buildings with Rubble-Filled Street, c. 1930s
Bomb-Damaged Railway Station and Platform, China, 1930s (Likely Shanghai North Station)
Soldiers Manning a Firing Trench, Sino-Japanese Conflict Era, c. 1930s
Devastated Street in Manila After the 1945 Battle of Manila
Machine Gun Crew in Action Under Officer Supervision, Sino-Japanese Conflict Era, c. 1930s
Street Scene with Standing and Seated Figures, Manila Album
Soldiers Resting Around an Open Fire Amid Wreckage, c. 1930s
Soldiers Firing from a Sandbagged Barricade in a Chinese City Street, c. 1932-1937
Portrait of Vice Admiral (Kichisaburo) Nomura, Imperial Japanese Navy, Likely Shanghai, c. 1932
Officers with a Water-Cooled Maxim-Type Machine Gun, c. 1930s
Japanese Naval Vessel Moored on the Shanghai Waterfront, c. 1930s
Destroyed Wooden Trestle Bridge Over Water, c. 1930s
Crowded River Waterway with Cascos and Bancas, Manila, Philippines (Album Photograph)
Fortified Street Position with Sandbag Barricade and Armored Cars, c. 1930s
Two Soldiers in a Foxhole, Steel Helmets and Rifles, c. 1930s
Toppled Steel Lattice Transmission Tower Amid War-Damaged Terrain, c. 1930s
Soldiers with Fixed Bayonets Advancing Along a Ridge — Photograph from a Manila Photo Album
Soldiers Servicing a Fortress/Coastal Defense Gun in a Concrete Casemate, c. 1930s
Destroyed Fortress Gun Battery with Dismounted Barrels, c. 1930s
Wrecked and Burned Railway Car in Manila Rail Yard, Aftermath of the Battle of Manila, 1945
Soldiers with Heavy Coastal Defense Gun, Manila Bay Area, Early 20th Century
Ruins of a Riverside Building Complex, East Asia, Wartime Devastation, c. 1930s-1940s
Helmeted Troops Advancing Through a Rubble-Filled Alley, Shanghai Conflict Era, c. 1932-1937
Devastated City Block with Surviving Chimney Stacks, Aftermath of Urban Bombardment, c. 1932-1937
Field Trench Position with Officer and Horse, Imperial Japanese Army, China Campaign, c. 1930s