Nostalgia Davao: Graduating Class of Davao High School, 1932.

The graduating class of Davao High School (also known as Davao Provincial High School), 1932. Photo taken four years before Davao’s inauguration as a chartered city in 1936. That same year, the school’s name was appropriately changed to Davao City High School. The school is still operational today, and is now known as Davao City [...]

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Nostalgia Davao: Davao High School Cadets marching (1931)

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 [...]

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Nostalgia Davao: Davao City Hall (Pre-war Period)

The Old City Hall (formerly a Municipal Building) was constructed in 1926, or ten years before Davao finally became a city. This rare photograph is courtesy of the Davao Tourism Office, Mr. Robert Bula and Digilution.

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Nostalgia Davao: Davao A & M

Davao A&M: Closed down for years, but not forgotten.

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Way back in the late 80’s and early 90’s, Davao City had no major malls to speak off. There were still no SMs, no GMalls, no Victoria Plazas. And one of the few major shopping centers back then that could be considered Mall-like was closed down temporarily [...]

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Nostalgia Davao: Davao Cinemas of the 80’s!

One of the popular catchphrases in Davao during the 80’s. Those were the days!
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Before the arrival of the mall-based cinemas in the early 90’s, the likes of Galaxy, Garmon and Lawaan movie theaters were da bomb!

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