Post World War II

Post War Era Gallery

Art, Architecture, and Music

Flora Baza, known as the Queen of CHamoru/Chamorro Music, performs in 1992 in "Kantan I Taotao Tano."
CHamoru/Chamorro Music
Guam: Paradise Island, produced by Herman Crisostomo in 1984, is one of the first feature productions shot by a local filmmakers.
Filmmaking
Header Contemporary Music
Jazz
Quonset Huts
Quonset Huts
Wood and tin houses located within a Guam village.
Wood and Tin Houses

Biographies

Amanda Guzman Shelton
Amanda Guzman Shelton
Guam’s first Policewoman Ana LG Sablan, 1992. Tan Ana Family Collection
Ana LG Sablan
Bishop Apollinaris William Baumgartner
Bishop Apollinaris William Baumgartner
Bishop Miguel Angel Urteaga Olano
Bishop Miguel Angel Urteaga Olano
Carlos P. Taitano. Judiciary of Guam collection.
Carlos Pangelinan Taitano
Carmen Romualdez Dela Cruz
Carmen Romualdez Dela Cruz
Concepcion Cruz Barrett in 1939 Manila, PI. She met Jack Barrett, a lieutenant in the Army, while on his way to the Corregidor Island, Manila. Barrett later followed him after a long distance courtship to be married on 4 July 1939.
Concepcion Cruz Barrett
Earl Edward Kloppenburg
Earl Edward Kloppenburg
Eduardo Jake Calvo was Speaker of the House of Assembly after World War II. Micronesian Area Research Center (MARC), University of Guam.
Eduardo "Jake" Calvo
Father Marcian Pellet
Father Marcian Pellet
Pete and Nito Bautista. Forrest Harris/Humanities Guåhan collection.
Forrest Harris
A demonstration attended by Msgr. Calvo and Francisco B. Leon Guerrero.
Francisco B. Leon Guerrero
Frank D. Perez Featured Image
Frank D. Perez
Genevieve Perez Ploke Snow
Genevieve Perez Ploke Snow
Gov. Carlton Skinner (1949-1953) was Guam's first civilian governor. He had to reorganize the new government with an aggressive and intelligent leadership which he provided during a confused transitional period established the new government on a firm and solid foundation
Governor Carlton Skinner
Captain Charles A Pownall USN
Governor Charles Alan Pownall
GC65-297 525 24 Dec 1944 Adm. C.W. Nimitz visits Guam for the first time since the Is. was secured Aug. 10. He is in front seat of jeep in his tour with (L-R) Rr. Adm. Forrest B. Sherman, Vice Adm. J.H. Hoover, and Maj. Gen. Henry L. Larsen. National Archives 80.G.297 525
Governor Henry Larsen
Governor Joseph Flores, 1960 – 1961, with Edward T. Ott and Harvey Layburn. Mr. Ott and Layburn unfold the 50 star flag. Micronesian Area Research Center (MARC).
Governor Joseph Flores
Ignacia Bordallo Butler. Micronesian Area Research Center (MARC)
Ignacia Bordallo Butler
Erin Gary Stewart, wife to architect James Murray Stewart, organizing the Guam Museum exhibit with Emily Johnson in 1950.
James Murray Stewart
Soap factory process. Josef Martinez Ada (grandfather of former Guam Governor Joseph Ada) and his son, Juan Ada (father of former Guam Senator Tom Ada), at work in the Ada Soap Factory. Photo from the Micronesian Area Research Center (MARC) courtesy of Dr. Anne Perez Hattori.
Josef Martinez Ada
Bill Muna center formed a band with Pete Bautista. Tina Muña Barnes/Humanities Guåhan collection.
Louie Gombar
Also known as "Ran Maria" and her husband, Pedro Ada, founded a series of business ventures.
Maria Palomo Ada
Founding Sisters of Mercy, 1946. Sisters of Mercy, Guam collection
Mary Essie Underwood
Paul Carano, Emilie Johnston, and Marjorie Driver at the Micronesian Area Research Center (MARC). Photo courtesy of the Micronesian Area Research Center (MARC).
Paul Carano
Pedro Martinez Ada
Pedro Martinez Ada
Education Department Personnel
Simon Sanchez

Government and Economic Systems

Bank of Hawaii. Guampedia image.
Banking
FBLG and BJB
Civil Rights and US Citizenship (1898-1950)
San Vitores
Guam and Its Three Empires
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Post War Era Gallery

Art, Architecture, and Music

  1. Chamorro Music
  2. Filmmaking
  3. Jazz
  4. Quonset Huts
  5. Wood and Tin Houses

Biographies

  1. Amanda Guzman Shelton
  2. Ana LG Sablan
  3. Bishop Apollinaris William Baumgartner
  4. Bishop Miguel Angel Urteaga Olano
  5. Carlos Pangelinan Taitano
  6. Carmen Romualdez Dela Cruz
  7. Concepcion Cruz Barrett
  8. Earl Edward Kloppenburg
  9. Eduardo “Jake” Calvo
  10. Father Marcian Pellet
  11. Forrest Harris
  12. Francisco B. Leon Guerrero
  13. Frank Duenas Perez
  14. Genevieve Perez Ploke Snow
  15. Governor Carlton Skinner
  16. Governor Charles Alan Pownall
  17. Governor Henry Larsen
  18. Governor Joseph Flores
  19. Ignacia Bordallo Butler
  20. James Murray Stewart
  21. Josef Martinez Ada
  22. Louie Gombar
  23. Maria Palomo Ada
  24. Mary Essie Underwood
  25. Paul Carano
  26. Pedro Martinez Ada
  27. Simon Sanchez

Government and Economic Systems

  1. Banking
  2. Civil Rights and US Citizenship (1898-1950)
  3. Guam and Its Three Empires
  4. Guam Congress Walkout
  5. Guam’s Political Status
  6. History of Democracy on Guam
  7. Låncho: Ranch
  8. Land Ownership on Guam
  9. National Attention on Guam’s Postwar Campaign for Citizenship
  10. Organic Act of Guam
  11. Port of Guam
  12. Resettlement Patterns Under American Rule
  13. Security Clearance on Guam
  14. US Navy War Crimes Trials on Guam

Health and Medicine

  1. Health Services
  2. Lytico-Bodig on Guam
  3. Medical and Dental Practitioners
  4. Nursing Schools: 1945-1952

Language and Education

  1. Education After WWII
  2. English and Chamorro Language Policies
  3. Role of Education in the Preservation of Guam’s Indigenous Language

Migrations of People

  1. Carolinians on Guam
  2. Filipino Migration to Guam 1945 – 1975
  3. Filipinos on Guam

Religion and Cultural Practices

  1. Faith Presbyterian Christian Reformed Church
  2. Jehovah’s Witnesses
  3. Seventh-day Adventists
  4. Sisters of Mercy
  5. Stigmatines

Transportation, Technology, and Communications

  1. Communications and Transportation Advancements
  2. Early Transpacific Telecommunications
  3. Guam Echo and Guam Eagle

Villages, Places, Organizations, and Island Life

  1. Baseball: History of the Sport on Guam
  2. Baseball: Youth League
  3. Brown Treesnake
  4. Cushing Family
  5. Guam Liberation Day
  6. Inarajan (Inalahan)
  7. Liberation Day Queen Contest
  8. Rebuilding from the Ashes of War
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