Imelda and the Inverted Tiara

At the Imperial Ball of the Shah of Iran in 1971, where all the royalty in the world were invited, Imeldific Marcos  brought a tiara. Christina Ford warned her, "Meldy, you cannot wear that tonight. It's a royal reception  and only crowned heads and blue blood royalty can wear their crowns and tiaras". 

Not to be outdone, she decided to wear her tiara upside down. 

Origin of “DYOBUS”!

In 1899, American Joe Bush put up a clothes cleaning and dyeing at Plaza Sta. Cruz, Manila. The shop simply bore his name and the slogan: “Take That Stain to JOE BUSH—The Cleaner and Dyer That Pleases”  But it was the dyeing service that proved to be so popular that by the 1920s, the proprietor emphasized that specialty service by branding his shop “Joe Bush Dyer & Cleaner.”

The shop also sold dye powder in paper sachets bearing his name, for easy do-it-yourself coloring projects at home. As late as the psychedelic tie-dyed 1970s, people called commercial powder dyes as “dyobus,” an unconscious tribute to the man who colored our world!

1914 William Howard Taft on a Carabao HOAX.

On the infamous 1914 Philippine history photograph of William Howard Taft astride a carabao...two things to know about this photograph are that a) That’s a Tamaraw, not a carabao and b) It is a hoax. Taft was never photographed on a carabao.

Here’s the original picture with Taft actually on a horse...

William Howard Taft was the first civilian governor of the Philippines. Later he became the 27th President of the United States and the tenth Chief Justice of the United States – the only person ever to hold both positions.

Yes, it is a fraud of a type as common then as Photoshopping is today.

Carnage, Manila 1945.

Bataan Project: Sgt. Norman Frederick Spencer.

Sgt. Norman Spencer, HQ, Provisional Tank Group, sleeping next to his motorcycle holding his Bren Gun. Spencer was originally an Illinois National Guardsman and died at Cabanatuan on December 2, 1942.

Died 2 December 1942, buried Plot F Row 10 Grave 1

Manila American Cemetery.

http://bataanproject.com/Spencer.html

"Wagasa" - japanese oil painting umbrella used by cops- Manila 1943

Note the "wagasa" the japanese oil painting umbrella used by the policeman 1943 (credit Presidential Museum) Manila. 

Japanese Te-Ke Tanks along Luneta - 1942!

Japanese Te-Ke Tanks along Luneta - 1942! 

The Type 97 Light armored car Te-Ke (九七式軽装甲車 テケ Kyū-nana-shiki kei sōkōsha Teke^?) was a tankette used by the Imperial Japanese Army in the Second Sino-Japanese War, at Nomonhan against the Soviet Union, and in World War II. It was designed as a fast reconnaissance vehicle,^[1] and was a replacement for the earlier Type 94 TK.