MARINDUQUE PLACES IN PICTURES,
POSTCARDS, AND MOVIES
Enjoy our island as seen through the lense of the
mostly unknown photographers of the past. On this
page you will visit some places in Marinduque.
PICTURE Unknown year, Puerto de Boac
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PICTURE Altar at Boac Church August 1957
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Unknown year, Calle Real, Boac
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These have been placed by year (if known) going from earliest to latest
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1899 Showing the lighthouse of Elephant Island
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1901 Views of the Boac Church from across the river. US flag is on the flagpole and tents of the soldiers can be seen outside the church,
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1935 - Aerial view of Boac taken by US Army in preparation for possible airstrip location
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1935 - Aerial view of Mogpog taken by US Army in preparation for possible airstrip location
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1947 - View of old airstrip on the Boac River
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1918 Boac Ihatub overflow bridge
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1924 Gasan Buenavista Mantandangasan Bridge. it is located on the Boac-Buenavista Road. Its completion is a great benefit to the inhabitants of the municipalities of Gasan and Buenavista. During floods, the Matandangasan River cannot be crossed for a period of several days on account of the velocity of the current.
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Marinduque Provincial Captiol Building, Boac 1929. This building is similar
to the Capitol Building of Negros Oriental, consisting of a two-story
concrete structure 31.0 by 18.0 meters, with four concrete columns in front,
which materially add to the appearance of the building. It provides ample
rooms for the different provincial offices. The construction of this building
was contracted by Mr. Yu Chong Tian of Manila at a cost of 95,239 pesos.
The electrical wiring was undertaken by administration. The total cost of
the building amounted to 104,973 pesos including the cost of supervision
and provincial and insular surcharges.
G.Nieva Bridge Gasan 1930's
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1918 Boac River flood control measures
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Marcopper tailing Pond during typhoon
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Burial Caves on Tres Reyes Islands