The July 4th parade of 1931. The place showcased in this image is San Pedro street, and right behind the building at the background is the city hall drive. Marching along are cadets from the Davao High School. To view the larger version of this photo, click here.
I’d like to thank Mr. Robert Bula for sharing with us this classic photo, which is part of his personal collection. This picture was previously owned by his aunt, Estelle Torkelson, who was obviously a good keeper of memorabilia. In fact, the old City Hall photograph that I posted in my blog a month ago was also part of her old collection.
It’s a pity that we have very few classic Davao photographs from the early 1920’s that are readily available to the public. In fact, I myself never chanced upon pre-war Davao photographs before our company got a copy of the old City Hall picture I mentioned earlier from the City Tourism. And this is why I’m so happy and grateful that Mr. Bula shared this to us. Afterall, this photo gave me a glimpse of Davao’s past – and it means so much to me.
Anyway, I’ll be posting another classic photograph tomorrow, also courtesy of Mr. Bula. Again, thank you so much sir Robert! 
Mga boy scout ba yan?
wow! cool!
hi. my grandfather was also a graduate of City High – though we are not sure whether he was from batch ‘31 or ‘32. Can I be sent a copy of this picture? He might be in the cropped portions of this picture. Thanks.
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