2850 | |
Building a signal with the help of Tagabuanas tribesmen. |
Philippines 1925 |
2851 | |
Plane table mapping in the mangroves in the southern Sulu Sea. In the same area that a crocodile had attacked John Bond |
Philippines 1927 |
2852 | |
A signal built in a tree. Note ladder built up tree |
Philippines 1927 |
2853 | |
Bloomberg doing topo work on Calayan Island. |
Calayan Island, Philippines 1925 |
2854 | |
Bloomberg's topo party. |
Calayan Island, Philippines 1925 |
2855 | |
Doing reconnaissance work from a tree. Note telescope in person's hands |
Basilan Island area, Philippines 1924 |
2856 | |
A C&GS crew ashore with natives. Note pistol on hip - still a few insurgents around |
Philippines 1908? |
2857 | |
Bilan tribesmen near C&GS shore camp. |
Philippines 1923 |
2858 | |
Shore camp on small coral islet. Party off the MARINDUQUE |
Philippines 1932? |
2859 | |
Recruiting and personnel work made easy. Native comes out of bush with boar on hip. Photo #1 of sequence |
Philippines 1923 |
2860 | |
Native trades boar for clothes and haircut. Now the ship has a brand new crewman. Photo #2 of sequence |
Philippines 1923 |
2861 | |
Camp cook roasts the boar and all hands get barbecued pork. |
Philippines 1924 |
2862 | |
A snaky looking camp in the highlands of Central Luzon. Triangulation party of Elliott B. Roberts. Pushing the triangulation through the mountains from Manila to Aparri |
Philippines 1927 |
2863 | |
Ken Crosby, constabulary guard, and shore party. Off the MARINDUQUE |
Philippines 1925 |
2864 | |
Philippine constabulary guard with shore party of George L. Anderson. Off the MARINDUQUE |
Philippines 1925 |
2865 | |
The Philippine constabulary guard with shore party of Hubert A. Paton. Off the PATHFINDER |
Philippines 1926 |
2866 | |
Raymond S. Patton's camp at Bosque. Off the RESEARCH |
Philippines 1908? |
2867 | |
A shore camp. |
Philippines 1906? |
2868 | |
Shore camp crew posing on coral rock. |
Philippines 1906? |
2869 | |
Mate Overton at camp with a hydro shore crew. |
Philippines 1923 |
2870 | |
Mrs. Peacock being carried ashore from small boat. She accompanied her husband on ship during his tour as commanding officer. Off the MARINDUQUE |
Philippines 1924 |
2871 | |
Getting back to the launch from shore work. Hate to get those feet wet. Off the MARINDUQUE |
Philippines 1924 |
2872 | |
Liberty boat stuck in mud - all hands waiting for the taxi service. |
Philippines 1914 |
2873 | |
Coaling the S.S. MINNESOTA in Japan with a small army of laborers. A stop on the way out to the Philippines |
Japan 1912 |
2874 | |
Marion Aslakson seeing the pyramids in style. On the way home from the Philippines |
Egypt 1930 |
2875 | |
The S.S. MINNESOTA on the way to the Philippines. |
Pacific Ocean 1912 |
2876 | |
Coral cliff shoreline. Note men on cliff. Party off the MARINDUQUE |
Philippines 1924 |
2877 | |
The church at San Carlos. C&GS crew moving by pony and oxcart |
Philippines 1923 |
2878 | |
Bloomberg and Robert A. Studds dressed up in tropical finery. Touring Sandakan, Borneo on rented bicycles |
Sandakan, Borneo 1925 |
2879 | |
The U.S.S. SHERMAN. An Army transport used by Coast Surveyors coming to the Philippines. |
Philippines 1922 |
2880 | |
Signal-building crew on way to mountain peak. Hoping nothing bites their legs. Off the PATHFINDER |
Philippines 1927 |
2881 | |
The road through the Luzon highlands. |
Philippines 1933? |
2882 | |
Ox-power transporting equipment to station site. |
Philippines 1927 |
2883 | |
Nearly impenetrable trees and vines confronted Coast Surveyors in many areas. |
Bosque, Philippines 1908? |
2884 | |
Going to Bosque - if it wasn't trees and vines, it was head-high sawgrass. |
Bosque, Philippines 1908? |
2885 | |
Riding the rickshaws at Shanghai on the way out to the Philippines. Future Rear Admiral and Mrs. Paul A. Smith |
Shanghai, China 1932? |
2886 | |
A primitive ferry boat in the Southern Philippines. |
Philippines 1925 |
2887 | |
A little less primitive ferry boat in the Southern Philippines. |
Philippines 1925 |
2888 | |
Plane table survey in the water. Look out for the crocs!!!! |
Philippines 1925 |
2889 | |
Sometimes these would catch the humans instead of vice versa. Huge salt-water crocodile on display in Sandakan, Borneo |
Sandakan, Borneo 1925 |
2890 | |
An idyllic South Philippines village. |
Philippines 1933? |
2891 | |
Sketch of a Coast Survey camp site. |
Philippines 1933? |
2892 | |
A colorful native boat. |
Philippines 1933? |
2893 | |
A Manabo tribe boy. |
Philippines 1923 |
2894 | |
The sultan's palace at Mambaing, Jolo. Before the typhoon |
Philippines 1932 |
2895 | |
The sultan's palace at Maimbung, Jolo. After the typhoon |
Philippines 1932 |
2896 | |
Rhino hunting in Borneo. Off the MARINDUQUE |
Sandakan area, Borneo 1925 |
2897 | |
The church built in 1621 at Morona. |
Philippines 1923 |
2898 | |
The infamous Bilibid Prison. Some Coast Surveyors were incarcerated here by the Japanese in WWII |
Luzon Island, Philippines 1924 |
2899 | |
Marching the prisoners at Bilibid Prison. Some Coast Surveyors were incarcerated here by the Japanese in WWII |
Luzon Island, Philippines 1925 |