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President Manuel L. Quezon climbing up the main staircase of Malacañan Palace, on the day of his inaugural
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Ivan Aleksandrovich Goncharov, 1883
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In 1896, the accomplished Filipino painter Félix Resurrección Hidalgo completed his painting featuring Gomez Perez de Dasmariñas, who governed the Philippines between 1590 and 1593.
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1851 Map of Manila
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Fernando Primo de Rivera y Sobremonte, Marquis of Estella, Governor and Captain-General from 1880 to 1883, and again in 1897.
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Camilo Garcia de Polavieja, Marquis of Pidal, Governor and Captain-General from December, 1896 to April, 1897.
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Ramon Blanco y Erenas, Marquis of Peña Plata, Governor and Captain-General from 1893 to 1896, in a celebrated portrait by the great Filipino painter Juan Luna y Novicio, who was a personal friend.
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Basilio Augustí y Dávíla, Governor and Captain-General of the Philippines from April to August, 1898.
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A portrait in oil of Narciso Claveria y Zaldua, Count of Manila, and Governor and Captain-General of the Philippines from 1844 to 1849.
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The earliest-known photograph of Malacañan Palace
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This is a mid-nineteenth century view of a riverine scene not far from the capital by Jose Honorato Lozano.
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Boatmen on the Pasig river, such as in this 1834 view upstream from Malacañan drawn by the Frenchman Dunaime, would have been a typical sight.
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"Pasig river in Malacañan", a photograph undated but probably from the 1880s of two sailors rowing upstream.
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Entrance to Governor General's Palace
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The Malacañan rest house, in a watercolor by José Honorato Lozano
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In the middle of 1885, Chief Engineer José Diaz Meño proposed a new and larger riverfront azotea or terrace to Jovellar's successor Emilio Terrero y Perinat
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Sketch of the riverfront facade of Malacañan Palace
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Manila bullfight bull ring in Paco, 1898
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Here is the map for San Miguel drawn by Juan de Ocampo
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Old Maps of Manila
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Old Maps of Manila
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Old Maps of Manila
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Old Maps of Manila
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Old Maps of Manila
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Old Maps of Manila
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Old Maps of Manila
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Old Maps of Manila
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Old Maps of Manila
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By 1890, Manila and its suburbs had, over the course of the decades, experienced huge growth.
