Guide to the Photographs of the Caballeros de Dimas-Alang
circa 1924-1934

Scope and Content

Portraits of members and officers of the Filipino American fraternal organization Caballeros de Dimas-Alang, including two images identified as members of the Burgos Lodge, No. 10, of Seattle.

Restrictions on Use

Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.

Restrictions on Access

The collection is open to the public.

Historical Background

The Caballeros de Dimas-Alang is a Filipino American fraternal organization which began in San Francisco around 1921, after the wave of Filipino immigration to the west coast in the 1910s. The name of the organization honors Jose Rizal, the Philippine national hero, whose pen name while writing revolutionary tracts was Dimas-Alang. All lodges sponsored beauty pageant contests, dances and other events in their various communities.

Acquisition Info

Source: Wessel and Lieberman Booksellers, Seattle, 2006.

Processing Info

Processed by Jody Hendrickson and Marion Brown in 2007.

Inventory

Date

1

Officers of Burgos Lodge No. 10, Seattle, Washington

1932

Photographer: Jackson Studio

2

Grand Officers at the Seventh General Convention of Caballeros de Dimas-Alang of America in San Diego, California in fraternal regalia

January 1934

Photographer: Nievera

Identifications of all individuals written on photo.

3

Members of the Burgos Lodge, No. 10 in formal dress flanking memorial plaque for Juan L. Magsimo

1934

Photographer: Takano Studio, Seattle

4

Group of young men

undated

5

Portrait of man

undated

Hand-colored

Subject Terms

Organizations:

Caballeros de Dimas-Alang--Photographs.

Subjects:

Filipino Americans--Washington (State)--Seattle--Photographs.

Fraternal organizations--Washington (State)--Seattle--Photographs.

Genre Headings:

Photographic prints.