University of Washington Libraries, Special CollectionsPH0767Photographs of the
Caballeros de Dimas-Alang approximately 1924-19341 folder containing 5
photographs ; Various sizesCollection materials are in
English.Photographs of
members of the Caballeros de Dimas-Alang, a Filipino American fraternal
organization which began in San Francisco in 1921The 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.
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.
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Source: Wessel and Lieberman Booksellers, Seattle, 2006.
Processed by Jody Hendrickson and Marion Brown in 2007.
Caballeros de Dimas-Alang--PhotographsFilipino Americans--Washington (State)--Seattle--PhotographsFraternal organizations--Washington (State)--Seattle--PhotographsPhotographic printsVisual Materials Collections (University of Washington)SeattlePhotographs
OS51Officers of Burgos Lodge No. 10, Seattle,
Washington1932Jackson Studio OS52Grand Officers at the Seventh General Convention of
Caballeros de Dimas-Alang of America in San Diego, California in fraternal
regaliaJanuary 1934Nievera Identifications of all individuals written on photo.
OS53Members of the Burgos Lodge, No. 10 in formal dress
flanking memorial plaque for Juan L. Magsimo1934Takano Studio, Seattle OS54Group of young menundated OS55Hand-colored portrait of a manundatedPossibly depicts Jose Rizal.