Rehabilitating Manila Lodge #761

Photograph album containing 36 black and white photographs by unidentified photographers depicting the process of rehabilitating the lodge of the Elks fraternal order in Manila, Philippines from 1946-1949. Photographs depict the ruins of the lodge following its occupation by Japanese soldiers; views of the reconstruction of the lodge, from 1946-1949; exterior views of the completed lodge; interior views of the completed lodge, including scenes of the bar, dining room, library, ladies' lounge, and lodge room; studio portraits of the construction committee members, architect, interior decorator, and contractors; and studio portraits of the lodge officers for 1948-1949. Also included in the album are brief printed texts, including: descriptions of the lodge building and its history; descriptions of the pictured rooms; a description of the process of rehabilitation and a listing of the allocation of funds for the construction of the building, interior furnishings, and decor; and an accounting audit by Price, Waterhouse & Co. of the receipts and expenditures of the construction committee during the rehabilitation process