[Untitled - Binmaley Church, Pangasinan].
[Untitled - Binmaley Church, Pangasinan].
Creator
[Anonymous]
Date created
circa 1945-1949
Accession No.
OFI-000146
Format
Photograph, black & white (sepia).
Citation
Post-war U.S. soldier's aluminum album.
Location
OFI-000097 to OFI-000281\OFI-000146.jpg
Notes
Binmaley Church in Pangasinan, established in 1627 (Parochia de Nuestra Señora de la Purificacion). Its church bell is one of the three biggest bells in the Philippines, cast in 1804 weighing 4,130 pounds. The bell tower (32m) survived a 1745 fire. It was damaged during the World War II. The church was destroyed and only the walls and the tower, partly damaged, were left by the shelling of the American warship from January 7-9, 1945 (although the white gas in the bell tower is a developing or printing error).
Type
Photograph, B/W (sepia), white border, glossy.
Medium
1 photographic print : sheet 7 x 12 cm.
Subject 1
Church buildings -- Philippines.
Subject 2
Bell towers -- Philippines.
Subject 3
World War, 1939-1945 -- Destruction & pillage -- Philippines.
Actual Image Location
OFI photographs, Box 11.
Call number
OFI-000146