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In the Reception Hall on November 14, 1935, the last American Governor-General, Frank Murphy, took his oath as the first High Commissioner to the Philippines.
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The oath-taking of Frank Murphy as High Commissioner
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President Manuel L. Quezon and Vice President Sergio Osmeña at Malacañan Palace, shortly after their inauguration. November 15, 1935.
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The official program of the inauguration of the Commonwealth of the Philippines and of the induction into office of Manuel L. Quezon as President of the Philippines and Sergio Osmeña as Vice President of the Philippines.
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Inaugural of Manuel L. Quezon, and the establishment of the Commonwealth Government of the Philippines
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President Manuel L. Quezon delivering his inaugural address
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President Quezon arriving at his inaugural
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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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President Manuel L. Quezon after his inauguration
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President Manuel L. Quezon delivering his inaugural address.
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President Quezon's First SONA
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President Quezon signing first Commonwealth Act
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President Quezon's 2nd SONA
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MLQ signing the Commonwealth Act creating the National Institute of National Language.
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This photo shows President Quezon along with other government officials during the planting of the Commonwealth First Anniversary Tree in 1936. Seen opposite President Quezon is Interior Secretary (and later President) Elpidio Quirino.
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This photo shows President Quezon along with other government officials during the planting of the Commonwealth First Anniversary Tree in 1936. Seen opposite President Quezon is Interior Secretary (and later President) Elpidio Quirino.
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In 1937, First Lady Aurora Quezon hosted 4,000 children in the Palace grounds.
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Quezon arrives from a 1937 trip to Europe, the United States and Mexico, and proceeds from the Presidential Landing near the Manila Hotel
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President Manuel L. Quezon
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Coverage of President Manuel L. Quezon’s return to the Philippines from a trip to Japan and China, via a page from The Sunday Tribune Magazine.
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On February 15, 1937, President Manuel L. Quezon was guest of honor at a luncheon held by Louis B. Mayer at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios
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President Quezon visits New York
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President Manuel L. Quezon, was a guest of Speaker of the House, William Bankhead.
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An editorial cartoon from the April 3, 1937 issue of the Philippines Free Press shows President Manuel L. Quezon’s support of the women’s suffrage movement.
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President Manuel L. Quezon signs the Women’s Suffrage Bill following the 1937 plebiscite, as his wife Aurora Aragon Quezon looks on.
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President Manuel L. Quezon, when he arrived in Miami enroute to visit Havana, Cuba, June 24, 1937.
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President Quezon tells one of his funny stories
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"Have a light, Commissioner?"
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Major Holbrook and Commissioner McNutt pay their respects to President Quezon on the occasion of his 59th birthday
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Ambassador MacMurray with President Quezon
