Some more views from my collection, firstly between 1900 and WW I :-


This shows bamboo rafts and cascos ( oblong barges ) loaded with nipa palms on their way to market. Nipa palms ( Nypa fruticans ) grow in soft mud and slow moving tidal and river waters, the long feathery leaves ( still ) being used as roof material. “ Bahay kubo “ ( cube house ), describing the shape of the dwelling, became known as “ Nipa hut “ during the U.S. colonial era :-






Union Landing and Custom House, Wharf, where “ passengers from all incoming steamers land “. The Custom House ( Aduana ) was a Spanish colonial building in Intramuros ( completed 1876 after the original was damaged in an earthquake ) ; damaged during WW II and finally abandoned after a fire in 1979 :-





La Quinta Market, in Quiapo - recently renovated, with a nearby fish port, to expand trading opportunities via the Pasig River :-





Escolta - note the " Fotografia " shop, and electric tranvias ( street cable cars ) which ran from 1905 to WWII :-