Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

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Travel Challenge — Long Neck Karen, Inle Lake Burma

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My own Travel challenge - to post a favorite travel photo daily, to send out something beautiful to this world. (I don't know how PC this picture is, but the Long Neck Karen women did not mind being the attraction in a shop in Inle Lake, Burma.) Tags: #travel #photos #burma #myamar #longneckkaren #karen #photographs … [Read more...] about Travel Challenge — Long Neck Karen, Inle Lake Burma

Travel Challenge — Burma Photograph

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My own Travel challenge - to post a favorite travel photo daily, to send out something beautiful to this world. I took this photo in Burma. I should add that this photo was used in an ad by a nonprofit:     Tags: #travel #Burma #Myanmar #flowermarket #photographs #photos … [Read more...] about Travel Challenge — Burma Photograph

Antique Girl Photo: Concepcion Cuenco of Cebu

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The girl in the middle is my mother, Concepcion Cuenco. This photo was taken circa 1920.I love the stockings, hat, bow, flowers, the flapper-style dresses, and that fuzzy nude in the background. I'm assuming the girls beside her are her sisters: Lourdes Cuenco the bigger girl, and Consuelo Cuenco the little one. They were children of the politician Mariano Jesus Cuenco and Filomena Alesna from … [Read more...] about Antique Girl Photo: Concepcion Cuenco of Cebu

Cecilia Brainard Childhood Pictures

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I'm sharing two childhood pictures that I recently cleaned up. The first one is the only surviving picture of me as an infant.  This shows my oldest sister Vicky carrying me, my sister Ana, and my brother Jess or Junior.  This photo was taken in our temporary home in Talisay, Cebu. We stayed there for a few years after World War II, while my parents built our home in Cebu City behind the … [Read more...] about Cecilia Brainard Childhood Pictures