Images of America: Filipinos in Washington, D.C. Filipiniana Odette Quesada

Odette Quesada

600 photographs taken by three generations of photographers from the Traverso family

while Frank Callaghan’s Dead Ends and Ryan Villamael’s Isles

A coffee table book about Quiapo and its residents and the story of Rodallie S

while he sets up house with another man

Images of America: Filipinos in Washington, D.C. Filipiniana Odette QuesadaFilipinos arrived in the Washington, D. C. area shortly after 1900 upon the annexation of the Philippines to the United States. These new settlers included students, soldiers, seamen, and laborers. Within four decades, they became permanent residents, military servicemen, government workers, and community leaders. Although numerous Filipinos now live in the area, little is known about the founders of the Filipino communities. Images of America: