News Source: Androscoggin News
| about 1 month ago
The Woman (and the Politics) Behind All Those Shoes Published: October 8, 2009 You can tell that “Imelda: A New Musical” is not “Evita” because when the actress playing Imelda Marcos greets her public, she raises only one arm. Yes, it’s...
News Source: BBC
| about 1 month ago
Staff at the Marikina Shoe Museum moved hundreds of pairs just before water swamped the building's ground floor. Marikina was one of the areas worst hit by Typhoon Ketsana, which killed more than 300 people in the Philippines. The huge shoe...
News Source: The Boston Globe
| about 1 month ago
Philippines— When a powerful storm inundated the Philippines last month, most people rushed to save their homes or their lives. Employees of one museum, however, grabbed the shoes. The museum houses more than 800 pairs donated by former first lady...
News Source: Gulf News
| about 1 month ago
Maria Lourdes Fernando, mayor of Marikina city, the Philippine shoe capital east of Manila, said Thursday the museum staff quickly moved Marcos' shoes to cabinets' top shelves as floodwaters rose knee-deep inside the building. Thousands of Marikina...
News Source: Inquirer.net
| about 1 month ago
Philippines�A museum guard's quick thinking saved part of former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos's infamous shoe collection when huge floods devastated the nation's capital, a report said Thursday. The 200-pair display was moved upstairs just...