igorot

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igorot_people#The_Bontoc "The Bontoc live on the banks of the Chico River in the Central Mountain Province on the island of Luzon. "

If you look carefully, you can see his tattoos -- geometric patterns.

Likely taken at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition (St. Louis Worlds Fair.) a little more about Antonio The success of the Igorot (or Igorotte) exhibit (polite term for putting people in zoos) led to Igorot Exhibitions in San Francisco in 1905, the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in 1909, and the Worlds Fair in Ghent in 1913 - probably a few others as well.

Here's a souvenir booklet from the 1904 Igorot Village exhibition in St. Louis, apparently the most popular exhibit at the fair: books.google.com/books?id=tOswAQAAMAAJ&pg=PT5&lpg... And a scholarly look at "ogling the Igarots" wst498.webs.com/Vaughan.pdf

See notes with:

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.