Temporary commercial premises and shacks in Cabildo Street in Manila, Philippines.

Temporary commercial premises and shacks in Cabildo Street in Manila, Philippines. This area was destroyed by the Japanese in 1945. The nearest shack is advertising a range of soft drinks including 7Up, Spur Cola, Coca-Cola, Hispot, cosmos and Truorange. In the background is the facade of the ruined Minor Basilica and Metropolitan Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. The photographer was on a run ashore from the tanker Caltex Melbourne (1945).