In the Philippines. Water boat in Iloilo
Postcard showing an individual in a canoe carrying barrels on a river in Iloilo, Philippines. Charles C. Myers notes that the water in some of the area’s streams is undrinkable, and therefore, water is brought in from long distances to supply the local villages.
Comments and Context
In Charles C. Myers’s own words, “In some parts of the island the water is very bad and drinking water sometimes has to be brought from a long way. This is a little raft going down the river with several barrels of water for some distant village.”