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President Elpidio Quirino
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Quirino Family Photo
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Alicia Syquia, late wife of President Elpidio Quirino
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Portrait of Alicia Syquia, late wife of President Elpidio Quirino
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Unidentified woman from the Elpidio Quirino Foundation's photo collection
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Early years of President Elpidio Quirino
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Portrait of Elpidio Quirino
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Elpidio Quirino, his wife Alicia Syquia-Quirino and one of their children
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Alicia Syquia, late wife of President Elpidio Quirino
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Unidentified children from the photo collection of the Elpidio Quirino Foundation
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Portrait of Elpidio Quirino, second President of the Third Republic and sixth President of the Philippines
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Vice President Elpidio Quirino arrived at the Independence Ceremony of July 4, 1946 before President Manuel Roxas.
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President Elpidio Quirino as he delivers “The Most Urgent Aim of the Administration,” his first State of the Nation Address, on January 24, 1949.
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Vicky Quirino and her father celebrating her seventeenth birthday aboard the presidential yacht Apo.
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Here’s President Elpidio Quirino about to launch himself into the swimming pool in Bahay Pangarap.
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The ritual climbing of the main stairs of Malacañan Palace did not always call for gaiety and cheer.
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On April 17, 1948, Vice President Elpidio Quirino, back in Malacañan Palace, knelt and wept unabashed before the casket bearing the remains of Manuel Roxas.
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On April 17, 1948, Vice President Elpidio Quirino, back in Malacañan Palace, knelt and wept unabashed before the casket bearing the remains of Manuel Roxas.
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April 17, 1948: On the day Elpidio Quirino assumed the presidency, he was conferred the degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, by the University of Manila.
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President Elpidio Quirino delivering his funeral oration for Manuel Roxas, his dear former colleague, in Congress.
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President Quirino receiving Taruc at Malacañan Palace.
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President Quirino receiving Taruc at Malacañan Palace.
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President Elpidio Quirino distributing gifts to a little boy in Santa Claus’ arms.
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Chief Justice Manuel V. Moran swearing in Elpidio Quirino as Vice President, during the Independence Day ceremonies of July 4, 1946.
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President Elpidio Quirino poses in front of the swimming pool in Bahay Pangarap.
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The house on Dewey Boulevard [now, Roxas Boulevard] where Elpidio Quirino lived before residing in Malacañan Palace.
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The May 1, 1948 cover of the Philippines Free Press proclaimed, “From Bobby Soxer to First Lady”—referring to Victoria Quirino, the sixteen-year-old daughter of her widower father Elpidio Quirino.
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On November 16, 1890, Elpidio Quirino was born in Vigan, Ilocos Sur. He was the sixth President of the Philippines, and the second President of the Third Republic.
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President Elpidio Quirino was born on November 16, 1890 in the Ilocos Sur provincial jail [shown above], where his father Mariano was provincial warden.
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At 9:45 am, at the Council of State Room, Elpidio Quirino was sworn into office by Acting Chief Justice Ricardo Paras.
