Time Travel Through Film: Witnessing Manila, Philippines 1917-1930

State of Manila between 1917-1930

In 1917, Justo Lukban assumed the position of mayor in the city. By 1918, the population of the city reached 285,306, while the metropolitan area had 469,955 residents. In 1919, the United States military established Camp Nichols near the city. Ramón Fernández took over as mayor in 1920, and in 1923, the Peking Council, the Tokyo Council, and the Manila Council, and the first Boy Scouts of America Councils in Asia, were organized. Miguel Romuáldez assumed the position of mayor in 1924, and in 1926, the Legislative Building was inaugurated in Ermita. Tomás Earnshaw became the mayor in 1927. Additionally, in 1928, the Institute of Accountancy, later known as Far Eastern University, was founded in Sampaloc by Nicanor Reyes and others.

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