The Snapshots in Time Collection
Filipino Porters Carrying Produce on Shoulder Poles, Philippines, WWII Era
Two Filipino men carry produce, likely pomelos or coconuts, in woven baskets balanced on traditional bamboo shoulder poles along a rural road. Photographs like this, taken by American servicemen stationed in the Philippines during and after the WWII liberation campaign, documented everyday rural life and traditional labor practices encountered far from the battlefront. Project: 218633