That GI soldier looked quite tall, but not so, It was the Philippine horse that was short. Most photos I have seen put a horse as neck or breast high with a man standing beside it, not waist high as in this photo.
Showing posts with label Kalesa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kalesa. Show all posts
Saturday, July 6, 2019
Colorized Kalesa with 2 GI solders offloaded, 1949
Colorized a 1946 photo of a couple of GIs paying 1 peso to the boy for taking them across Pateros to Fort McKinley as the road bridge between them was destroyed during the war, and motor transportation was cut off. The kalesa was the only means of transport to connect the two. That peso is now worth close to Php700 in today's inflation and exchange rate.
That GI soldier looked quite tall, but not so, It was the Philippine horse that was short. Most photos I have seen put a horse as neck or breast high with a man standing beside it, not waist high as in this photo.
That GI soldier looked quite tall, but not so, It was the Philippine horse that was short. Most photos I have seen put a horse as neck or breast high with a man standing beside it, not waist high as in this photo.
Colorized kalesa (caritela) or carriage in the Phillipines after WWII, Sept, 1949
Colorized a photo of a slow rainy day in a commercial district in Dumaguete, Negros Oriental, Philippines, Sept. 1949 by Jack Birns for Time, Inc The Kalesa or Karitela was the main mass transport means in the Philippines prior to, during, and immediately after WWII, before jeepneys converted from old GI issues of the Chrysler Jeep military vehicle abandoned or left by US forces in the Philippines became the main mode of mass transport.
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