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Dr. Jose P. Rizal, 1861-1896: The Austin Craig Album

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6/30/2011

On the occasion of Rizal's 150th birthday, the American Historical Collection proudly presents the Austin Craig Album. Craig is an American teacher who arrived in the Philippines in 1904. He was a historian and a Rizal Scholar who is an avid collector of Rizaliana materials. The album features intimate pictures of Rizal, his family, his friends, his sweetheart, his sculptures, and his poetry. Of historical interest in this album are pictures of Rizals' cell in Fort Santiago, former grave in Paco Cemetery, an 1872 receipt of payment to the Calamba land that they tilled, and Rizal's genealogy .

The album will be on display from June-December 2011.

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