Paulla Belle Santos Illustration
![Illustration owned by Paulla Santos.Acquired in June 2017 from Odana Antiques and Fine Arts, Madison, WIBought while antiquing.Illustration of Uncle Sam, white female teacher, white male soldier, Filipinos.Language in EnglishNotes from Sarah Carlson, in discussion with Santos: Found in same antique store [as previous], different seller. Pulls Keppler print from New York, around 1898. Uncle Sam holding 2 options, offering teaches (civilizing, learning westerners) or man with a gun. Filipinos onother with reacting, representing different regions: Mindanao, Manila/Tagalog, lowlands, Cordilleras, Northerners. Walking through friend saw it, pointed it out, got excited, drew me. I study US/Philippine relations. Thought it was too expensive, negotiated through text topurchase for $150. Connections at UW-Madison helped make that connection. Kept wrapped in a closet away from my cat-hoping to frame it. Hung in apartment away from light. Studying transnational marriage between Philippines and US. Parents had a transnational arrangedmarriage by maternal group. Grandmother (Ran away at 16 to get married against parents wishes. Never legally married but had 8 children. Eventually grandmother left went to Singapore, worked in hotel, met new husband.) had 4 sons, 4 daughters, 2 daughters married US men, 3rddaughter married an American too but wasn’t arranged. Only learned parents marriage was arranged until recently. Wanted to know more about imperialism, US/Philippines relationship, penpals/”mail order”, US servicemen/entertainment workers, bride schools. How the USsponsored bride schools in the USA haven’t found much written about it. Learning Tagalog - mom’s first language. Last name is Santos, but pronounced English Way, dad is American. Grandfather’s(adoptive parents are Filipino, 1930’s huge anti-Filipino sentiment, howdid they adopt a white boy? Family lore of kidnapping. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this story do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities. (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0](http://fm-digital-assets.fieldmuseum.org/1614/811/SantosP005PO2B_Top.JPG "Paulla Belle Santos Illustration (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0")
| Copyright |
(c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0 |
| Title | Paulla Belle Santos Illustration |
| Description | Illustration owned by Paulla Santos.Acquired in June 2017 from Odana Antiques and Fine Arts, Madison, WIBought while antiquing.Illustration of Uncle Sam, white female teacher, white male soldier, Filipinos.Language in EnglishNotes from Sarah Carlson, in discussion with Santos: Found in same antique store [as previous], different seller. Pulls Keppler print from New York, around 1898. Uncle Sam holding 2 options, offering teaches (civilizing, learning westerners) or man with a gun. Filipinos onother with reacting, representing different regions: Mindanao, Manila/Tagalog, lowlands, Cordilleras, Northerners. Walking through friend saw it, pointed it out, got excited, drew me. I study US/Philippine relations. Thought it was too expensive, negotiated through text topurchase for $150. Connections at UW-Madison helped make that connection. Kept wrapped in a closet away from my cat-hoping to frame it. Hung in apartment away from light. Studying transnational marriage between Philippines and US. Parents had a transnational arrangedmarriage by maternal group. Grandmother (Ran away at 16 to get married against parents wishes. Never legally married but had 8 children. Eventually grandmother left went to Singapore, worked in hotel, met new husband.) had 4 sons, 4 daughters, 2 daughters married US men, 3rddaughter married an American too but wasn’t arranged. Only learned parents marriage was arranged until recently. Wanted to know more about imperialism, US/Philippines relationship, penpals/”mail order”, US servicemen/entertainment workers, bride schools. How the USsponsored bride schools in the USA haven’t found much written about it. Learning Tagalog - mom’s first language. Last name is Santos, but pronounced English Way, dad is American. Grandfather’s(adoptive parents are Filipino, 1930’s huge anti-Filipino sentiment, howdid they adopt a white boy? Family lore of kidnapping. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this story do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities. |
| Subjects |
|
| Summary | SP-6561 - Paulla Belle Santos Illustration, [5076x3516], (image/jpeg) |
| Creator(s) |
|
| Contributor(s) |
|