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The Spaniards!

Spanish Caballero posing for a photographer during the early 1890's, Manila.
Probably a cavalry officer.

Now i know why most Filipino men in my dad's generation sport the mustache. Macho macho kono. Definitely a remnant of the Spanish male concept of 'Machisimo'.

Spanish Cavalier, Manila Command. 1890's. Before the Revolution.

Diego de los Ríos, the last Spanish Governor-General of the Philippines. He became the governor on Aug. 13, 1898, with the capital at Iloilo on Panay Island, after Governor-General Fermin Jaudenes surrendered at Manila. His term ended on Dec. 10, 1898 when the Treaty of Paris was signed.

The defenders of Manila.

Spanish infantryman. 1890's.

Spanish rein-actors dressed in military uniform of the time era.