{"chapterKey":"philippines/manila-south-and-american-cemeteries","title":"Manila: South and American Cemeteries","regionSlug":"philippines","status":"published","photos":[{"sha":"e65b161224cfb656c208aba18b00cb00dbda707c70ed091d0820b6ef6da89e37","caption":"The South Cemetery is a perfect square, 500 meters on a side and subdivided by a neat street grid.","width":1632,"height":1224,"aspect":1.3333,"orientation":"landscape","layoutHint":"wide","srcThumb":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/21946bf25a1606a2d3fe3e946fef0106","srcSmall":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/9e3dda61b3ff9803f51744addfd1c63a","srcMedium":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/6372090b657693f250d10b90bb7af953","srcLarge":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/b9656c4ebc4e8f2c355dc3002067fbc6","srcOriginal":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/e65b161224cfb656c208aba18b00cb00","altText":"The South Cemetery is a perfect square, 500 meters on a side and subdivided by a neat street grid."},{"sha":"25f391071aed3e5aee88615e85786dabeb4e41c6a04238d3cf0ef12109be3ce2","caption":"Nice little place.","width":1632,"height":1224,"aspect":1.3333,"orientation":"landscape","layoutHint":"wide","srcThumb":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/d38fcb11577c7c02a6f947d1058ed944","srcSmall":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/dedfe2dd2045df404dd6f01a33c23288","srcMedium":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/bdfeccfc04aa2eb3fc245f4d9daec6e2","srcLarge":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/eb5e90be25e15a9022400e8bcca02d4e","srcOriginal":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/25f391071aed3e5aee88615e85786dab","altText":"Nice little place."},{"sha":"120d1563f7241038471fdf65cb2aa31b251188c0c093faded05ba0a4c89829ac","caption":"Perhaps you can't take it with you, but in this cemetery it's very clear who had it and who didn't. 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