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Baguio observatory

Inscribed : The observatory in Baguio. We visited this. It stands on Mount Mirador. We found machines (seismographs) recording earthquake shocks also make other instruments including one which was measuring the latest movements of the earth! Besides the usual instruments. All instruments came from Paris.

Fraser, Donald

[Bantinooroong Falls]

Inscribed : In this view of the falls of Bantinooroong (Celebes) men may be seen ascending the iron staircase on the left hand side of the falls. On searching the top of the staircase the view looking up [?] is one of fair island. The light barely penetrates.

Fraser, Donald

[Bantinooroong Falls]

Inscribed : Another view of the falls of Bantinooroong (Celebes). This shows the riot of ferns growing from the rocks at the foot of the falls. These continue down stream for a very considerable distance.

Fraser, Donald

[Bantinooroong Falls]

Inscribed : The falls of Bantinooroong (Celebes). Note the iron staircase on left leading to the head of the falls. We climbed this staircase. When we reached the top we found we were at the entrance of a regular tunnel formed of threes & ferns.

Fraser, Donald

[Benguet Road]

Inscribed : At the point marked with the arrow we met our trouble. Coming round a bend we suddenly came across a landslide of rock 15 feet high on the canyon wall side and 5 to 6 feet high on the gorge side - right across the road. Om the top of this slide of rocks fell a waterfall that had caused the fall of rock! Added to this were the gale of wind blowing and torrential rain and black darkness.

Fraser, Donald

[Benguet Road and bridge]

Inscribed : This shows the type of of bridge which carries the canyon road across from one side of the canyon to the other. There are dozens of the bridges in the canyon - as can be seen above the bridges and road are only wide enough for one car to travel.

Fraser, Donald

Benguet Road near Twin Peaks

Inscribed : The road now passes right into the deep canyon. The road is cut out of the face of one of the walls of the canyon. There are many bridges such as that seen in the photo below, which carry the road from one wall to the other across the raging torrent in the river which flows through the canyon. Although we were informed on the night we left that all was clear that we had permission from the local government office to leave, we passed over many half cleared landslides across the road, usually they were not more than two feet high.

Fraser, Donald

Bridge on zigzag : Benguet Road

Inscribed : The road then winds down into the canyon, the walls of which tower higher & higher four to five hundred feet up sheer face. Waterfalls at intervals fall down the walls of the canyon as seen above. The road is not wide enough for two cars, nor is it wide enough for a car to turn around. The road being cut out of the canyon wall there is always a towering wall on one side of it and a sheer drop down into the torrent on the other side.

Fraser, Donald

Carromata, Manila

Inscribed : The Carromata is the Public conveyance as used by the Philippines in Manila. We transferred ourselves and our baggage into one of these when a tire burst on the way to catch train for Damortis.

Fraser, Donald

City of Baguio

Inscribed : View of the ornamental lake, grass lawns and promenade in the centre of Baguio as seen from the windows of our rooms in the Pines Hotel where we stayed during our visit.

Fraser, Donald

Donald Fraser's Asian tour on the C.P. R.M.S. Empress of Asia and S.S. Tjibadak

This album consists of postcards, pamphlet clippings, and other material assembled by Mr. and Mrs. Donald Fraser relating to a tour taken by them in September and October of 1934, to Hong Kong and the Philippine Islands, via the C.P. R.M.S. Empress of Asia, and to the islands of Celebes, Bali, and Java, via the steamship Tjibadak.

Fraser, Donald

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