benguet

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benguet "Benguet ...[snipped]... is a landlocked province of the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon."

Probably this school is mentioned in an article in The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, May 14, 1916, SECTION SIX, Image 80, col. 6, "TOPIC OF INTEREST TO MOVING-PICTURE FANS" (oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn83045782/1916-05-14/ed-1/se...), which describes the Benguet road as the most wonderful mountain-climbing boulevard in the world: "Paramount audiences also get a glimpse of the Bontoc Igorots and the famous school, started by Mrs. Kelly for the daughters of the natives, where girls are transformed from savages into well-bred young women."

swanq & B-59: Thanks for looking further into the background story on this image. We will improve the descriptive information on the next update.

Apparently, this building (known as "Mansion House" no longer exists. A plaque on the rebuilt building reads: "Constructed at the instance of William Cameron Forbes following the design of William E. Parsons, as part of the Burnham Plan for Baguio, 1908, inspired by the city beautiful movement. Venue of the special session of the Second Philippine Legislature, 1910. Destroyed during the war, 1945. Rehabilitated, 1947. Venue of the U.N. Economic Commission of Asia and the Far East (ECAFE), 1947. The U.N Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), 1948; and the First Meeting of the Southeast Asian Union (SEAU) known as the Baguio Conference of 1950. Summer residence of American Governors-General, 1908-1935 and later of Philippine Presidents from Manuel L. Quezon to the present. " reydanduldulao.blogspot.com/2013_12_02_archive.html Much more about the building and its reconstruction: malacanang.gov.ph/about/malacanang/mansion-house/

Art Siegel: Great information! Thanks so much for locating these details so we can improve this record.

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