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"Fresh meat salesmen - Dagupan" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Fresh Cutlets. Cockfights attract large crowds. Here, a mix of Filipinos and American soldiers watch as Hill photographs two Dulag vendors hawking their load of freshly butchered carabao meat…

"Cockfight wagerers - Dagupan"

"Cockfight arena" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Cockfight Crowd. As Hill wrote to Martha, spectators at this traditional Filipino blood sport could sit and watch and bet on the 'rough, fast and bloody' battle in the dirt circle below. With spurs 'about…

"Cockfight wagerers" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Fighting Cocks with Owners/Trainers. The men holding the two roosters are owners and/or trainers. At this point, spurs have been strapped on, and the men are perhaps beginning pre-combat rituals to…