The year is 1957. Telesfora Cariño Lolarga, a widow of two years, embarks on a tour that will take her to the US, Mexico, Canada, Europe, India. And back again. There are gaps in her scrapbooks and albums that I've been trying to fill up with conjectures. Among other reasons for her year-long trip, she was part of a Philippine delegation to a world trade fair and she re-connected with friends she made at the Young Women's Christian Association (Lola was a Methodist from birth till death), the ladies of the Masons (her husband Enrique was one), etc. I think she also observed radio schools in the US, having taken over the post of president at the National Radio School and Institute of Technology when her husband died.
And so begins my virtual tour with Lola.
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| Undated photo. Let's call this starting from home. |
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| From the lei around her neck, Lola (right) must be in Hawaii. |
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| In Los Angeles. That must be her Brownie camera perched on a step at left. This would become her trademark pose, handbag on crook of arm. And that friendly smile and open face. |
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| At an outdoor farmers' market in L.A. |
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| Did she or didn't she watch the Miss U pageant in Long Beach, California? Can't tell now. |
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| At a picnic in San Francisco, CA. That's her half sprawled (second from left) on the grass, still wearing her high heels. |
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