Saturday, July 6, 2019

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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