Photograph Allegedly Taken by a Japanese Serviceman of Inmates at the Santo Tomas Internment Camp, Manila.
N.p. Central Press Association and International News Photos, February 5, 1945. Photograph measuring 9 ¾ x 7 ¼ inches. With manuscript on negative; caption, Central Press Association and International News Photos stamps, manuscript, and later sticker verso. Some wear and wrinkling; excellent. Item #List38144
Japan invaded the Philippines in early December 1941, defeating the islands and the US military by May of the following year. The University of Santo Tomas was used as a civilian internment camp, housing a number of Americans and Brits. The camp was crowded, and conditions were poor, with shortages of food and other rations and harsh weather; it was liberated when American, Filipino, Australian, and Mexican forces retook the Philippines in 1945. Offered here is a photograph allegedly “taken by a Jap[anese] serviceman” showing “life in the Santo Tomas internment camp”. A crowd of people mill around the grounds with their baggage, with the university building visible above the trees in the background.
Price: $175.00