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Damian Domingo: Aide of the Manila mayor. 1820.

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Type: materialTypeLabelVisual materialSubject(s): 1970 | Paintings and drawings | Manila | customs oficer | short jacket | camelot | native camisa | string tie | trousers | handkerchief | sombreroOnline resources: View photo (midsize) | View photo (thumbnail) | View in Retrato website printGeneral Note(s):
Smuggling became a problem when the port of Manila opened up to foreign ships. The Customs House near the harbor of Manila had guards appointed by the mayor whose job it was to intercept smuggled goods. The guard in this picture wears a short jacket over a native camisa, trousers of English cotton, and a sombrero. He carries a baton and a sword--symbols of authority--in one hand and a a handkerchief in the other (Nick Joaquin, The World of Damian Domingo: Nineteenth Century Manila, 1990, 32)Source: Colleccion de trajes Manila y de ls provincia ynbentado por D. Rafael Daniel Baboom. Manila, c.1820Collection: Ayala MuseumImage type: Reproduction: PaintingMedia format: printCaption: Un ministro del alcalde de Manila (A customs officer of the mayor of Manila) List(s) this item appears in: Tipos del Pais
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Smuggling became a problem when the port of Manila opened up to foreign ships. The Customs House near the harbor of Manila had guards appointed by the mayor whose job it was to intercept smuggled goods. The guard in this picture wears a short jacket over a native camisa, trousers of English cotton, and a sombrero. He carries a baton and a sword--symbols of authority--in one hand and a a handkerchief in the other (Nick Joaquin, The World of Damian Domingo: Nineteenth Century Manila, 1990, 32).

Colleccion de trajes Manila y de ls provincia ynbentado por D. Rafael Daniel Baboom. Manila, c.1820.

Un ministro del alcalde de Manila (A customs officer of the mayor of Manila)

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