Pensionados at the 1904 World’s Fair

The pensionados at the 1904 World’s Fair were a group of 100 scholarship students from elite families in the Philippines who visited St. Louis for one month in August 1904. They were employed as office clerks and guides in the exhibit and lived in the soldiers’ quarters. Many sought to distance themselves from the Indigenous people who were dehumanized during the fair rather than defend them. The pensionado program was intended to prepare the students to return to the Philippines and run the colonial government.

Roque Lomibao

Carlos Lopez

Saturnino Lopez

Vicente G. Manalo

Gregorio Manuel

Canon Monasterial

Mariano Mondoviedo

Rafael Montenegro

Ciriaco Morada

Jose Munoz

Pablo Nacion

Ramon Nakpil

Domingo Natividad

Leon J. Nava

Antonio Nera

Miguel Nicdao

Jose M. Nieva

Ramon Ochoa

Florentino Oliver

Lorenzo Onrubia

Balbino Palamarez

Gregorio Paredes

Ildefonso Patdu

Ernesto R. Quirino

Emilio Quisumbing

Eduardo Ramirez

Gregorio Ramirez

Joaquin Ramos

Justo Ramos

Francisco Reyes

Jose A. Reyna

Jose Rivera

Mateo Roco

Ignacio del Rosario

Pelagio Ruiz

Domingo San Jose

Alejandro Santos

Jose G. Sanvictores

Pedro Serrano

Andres Sevilla

Antonio Sison

Benito Sunga

Angonso Tuason

Hilarion L. Valderas

Jose Valdez

Felix Valencia

Vicente Varela

Natalio Velez

Martin P. de Veyra

Emilio Villaneuva

Timoteo Abaya

Juan R. Abelino

Rafael Acosta

Bernardo Agana

Romarico Agcaoili

Andres Aguilar

Digno Alba

Candido M. Alcazar

Orencio Aligada

Ramon J. Alvarez

Silverio Apostol

Jose A. Arboleda

Apolinario Baltazar

Carlos Barretto

Jose Batungbacal

Mariano Belledo

George Bocobo

Firmo S. Borja

Pablo Bueno

Jose X. Burgos

Joseph F. Cabrera

Mariano B. Carbonell

Mariano M. Cruz

Francisco Delgado

Anastacio Donato

Gregorio Espinola

Jose Espiritu

Asterio Favis

Vicente Fernandez

Gabriel P. Flores

Arsenio Formoso

Vicente Fragante

Silvino Gallarde

Arturo Garcia

Jose Gomez

Isaias P. Gonzaga

Jose Gonzalez

Potenciano Guazon

Segundo Hipolito

Hipolito Hernando

Marceliano Hidalgo

Ludovico Hidrosollo

Estevan Ibalio

Eustacio S. Ilustre

Delfin Jaranilla

Mariano de Joya

Marshal Kasilag

Fidel Larracas

Pacifico Laygo

Francisco Llamado