Kodakan Photo Day, Shades of San Francisco
Donor description: (left to right): Gran Oriente Filipino members and friends. Back row (men): Unknown, Al., Rustico, Ernesto, Paterio and Florentino. Front row (women): Tranquilina, Socorro, Lenore, Teodorica, Lorna and Luding. Possibly the ballroom inside the Palace Hotel, currently called the "Garden Court." Gran Oriente Filipino Annual Banquet at the Palace Hotel.
It was really frowned upon to expose much skin or show teeth in formal photographs in the Philippines, we see here that Joan May's mother is rebelling against old or constrictive ideals.