239. Extra! Extra! PRE-WAR PHILIPPINE MAGAZINES

Pre-war magazines in readable and stable condition are so hard to find that when a dealer offered a couple of these publications to me, I grabbed them all--and wanted more! The rarest is perhaps, Lipang Kalabaw, which started as a satirical-political magazine in Tagalog came out in in three different periods: 1907-1909, 1922-24, and 1947-48. It was operated by Lope K. Santos and illustrated by Jorge Pineda. It ceased publication in 1909, but was revived in 1922 as Bagong Lipang Kalabaw--and this magazine example came from that period.

On the other hand, The Philippines Free Press was founded in 1907 by its editor-in-chief, R. McCoullough Dick until the 60s,when Teodoro M. Locsin took over as publisher. This issue dates from December 1925.

Another popular pre-war magazine was published by Ramon Roces--the Graphic-- which was edited by A. C. Fabian. Famous writers who wrote for Graphic include E. Aguilar Cruz, Nick Joaquin. It featured essays and literary pieces in English, plus color sections that reproduced the artworks artworks of  the up-and-coming artists of the period, like Jose Bumanlag David and Carlos "Botong" Francisco.

The Spanish La Vanguardia was an American era publication which came out during the early 20th century, It was part of a newspaper empire founded by Don Alejandro Roces that also included Taliba (in Tagalog)  and Tribune (in English and edited by Carlos P. Romulo) -- hence, the T-V-T periodicals.