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Old Manila Photos

These are old photos of Manila, the time when the Philippines was still not born. Some photos date back as far as 1884!

I got these photos from a group in Facebook.


Lighthouse Anda Monument Intramuros


Market in Ermita

More photos:


Malacanang Entrance


Escolta bridge


Escolta street, this used to be Manila’s affluent business center.


Escolta 1884


Escolta 1920s


Escolta Street.


Calle Nozaleda Ermita

Malacanang 1926
Malacanang 1926

Manila Cathedral 1900s
Manila Cathedral 1900s

Manila Cathedral 1900s
Manila Cathedral 1900s

Pasig River 1900s
Pasig River 1900s

Plaza Miranda Quiapo 1930s
Plaza Miranda Quiapo 1930s

Puente de Espana 1900s
Puente de Espana 1900s

Quiapo Church 1930s
Quiapo Church 1930s

Quiapo Church 1930s
Quiapo Church 1930s


Sto Domingo Gate, the Western Entrance of Intramuros.


Quiapo Church 1930s

Sampaloc Street 1900s
Sampaloc Street 1900s

Tutuban Railway 1900s
Tutuban Railway 1900s

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12 Responses to “Old Manila Photos”

  1. Wow that is old manila? i cant believe it…. unlike now….

  2. its lovely to see the old days in the philippines..great pictures!

  3. I’m planning to take photos in Escolta and post it side by side with the old photos.

  4. It’s nice to see how MNL look like before…

  5. tnx for giving me a chance to see the old manila…wow hope to see more of the old manila photos.

  6. Star and Meloh, it is a nostalgia while watching old photos.

  7. notice in the pictures were vehicles – whether cars or horse-driven – are present that they used to traverse the road from the left, meaning that unlike today where “keep right” is the law, in those days we followed a “keep left” policy on the road. this used to be the norm up until 1945.

  8. James Jiongco on March 28th, 2010 at 8:27 am

    Wish I could travel back in time and go on to these places in the photos.

  9. pansin ko lang, keep left pla mga sasakyan noon. great pix

  10. Roland-Hhhmmm, probably got this during the Japanese occupation?

  11. tungkol sa bakit nasa left side and mga sasakyan noon. this is probably due to the british being the superpower at that time. Post 1945 the Americans became the powerful country thus changing the rules and introducing/polluting english language and spelling against tje original language og the English people from England which is United Kingdom now.

  12. very historical and full of memories. i love the old picture of manila…

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