Take a stroll down memory lane by viewing the photographs in this gallery. Individuals have been identified by the public thanks to "Can You Identify" columns which appear weekly in the Saipan Tribune and the Marianas Variety. Be sure to check the Tuesday editions of the Saipan Tribune and the Thursday editions of the Marianas Variety for new "Can You Identify" photos. These photographs are a part of the NMI Council for the Humanities' Historic Photograph Database. Do you have old photographs taken in the NMI before 1985 that you would like to add to the database? If so, please contact Council staff to make arrangements for your photographs to be scanned.
Maria Hocog Santos Deleon Guerrero, left, and Maria "Marakita" Ilo Itibus. Photo taken on Saipan in the late 1940s.
Rodger Ludwick, left, and Manuel A. Sablan (Brown) circa late 1960s.
Left. Juan T. San Nicolas and Miguel B. Evangelista of Tinian. Photo taken in the early 1970s.
Paula Mendiola Lizama (Batitang). Photo taken at the U.S. Navy Hospital, Maturana Hill, Saipan, circa 1946.
David H. Marciano engaged in bwe, a traditional practice which involves using coconut leaves to divine future events. Photo circa 1949.
Antonia Quitano Bermudes (Goldo). Photo taken on Saipan circa 1946.
Unidentified woman on Saipan in 1950. Can you identify? If so, please contact Council staff at 235-4785 or email photo@nmihumanities.org.
From left. Josepha Taitano Camacho, Peter T. Coleman, and George A. Sablan ("Kappun"). Photo taken on Youth Takeover Day at the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands circa the late 1960s.
Augustina T. Limes of Saipan. Photo taken at Oleai Elementary School in 1974.
Francisco D. Flores and Trinidad Concepcion Flores on their wedding day. Photo taken at the Navy Hospital, Maturana Hill, Saipan, circa 1946.
Unidentified men on Saipan circa 1946. If you can identify, please contact Council staff at 235-4785 or email photo@nmihumanities.org.
Escolastica Tudela Cabrera of Saipan. Photo taken in Yokohama, Japan in 1957.
From Left Herminio "Jerry" Olopumar and Gregorio Lughuw (from Satawal) on Saipan. Photo taken circa 1972 during the "Crown of Thorns" starfish eradication program.
Juan P. Naog and Remedio Quitugua Naog of Tanapag Village, Saipan, photographed on their wedding day, circa 1946.
Julita Manglona Ogo and Joaquin Ogo of Rota on their wedding day, circa 1947.
Ignacia Manibusan San Nicolas circa 1946. Photo taken at the Navy Hospital, Maturana Hill, Saipan.
Maria Kaipat Ilo (Leischamwar) and her granddaughter Fabiana. Photo taken on Saipan circa 1947.
Sisters Margaret, left, and Rosa Delos Reyes ("Kingking"). Photo taken on Saipan circa 1946.
Jose Wilson Pangelinan (Obo). Photo taken on Saipan in the late 1940s.
Maria Arriola Deleon Guerrero Tomokane. Photo taken at Chalan Kanoa Elementary School, Saipan, in the 1950s
Maximina Selepeo Saures, left, and Ignacia Selepeo Igisomar. Photo taken in Chalan Kanoa District 4 in 1977.
Nurses at the Navy Hospital, Maturana Hill, Saipan, circa 1946. From left: Rosa Blanco Camacho, Ellene Litulumar Teregeyo, unidentified, and Martha Diaz Muna Mendiola.
Former Rota Mayor Prudencio Taisacan Manglona and his wife Bernadita Aalig Manglona. Photo taken on Saipan in 1976.
Asuncion Martinez Ada Torres, wife of Dr. Jose D. Torres. Photo taken circa 1946.
From left: Felipe A. Salas, Antonio R. Deleon Guerrero (Apa), William Nabors, Esteban I. Pangelinan, Fernando M. Benavente and Vicente N. Santos. Seated is Marianas District Administrator Peter P. Coleman. Photo taken on Saipan circa 1967.
Vicente Iginoef and Delfina Warakai Iginoef on their wedding day circa 1946.
From left: Calistro P. Tenorio, Joaquin C. Deleon Guerrero, Jesus S. Deleon Guerrero, Elias P. Sablan, Antonio Angailen, and Juan M. Ada at a meeting of the Chalan Kanoa Village Council in 1946.
Unidentified woman. Photo taken on Saipan in the late 1940s. Can you identify? If so, please contact Council staff at 235-4785 or email photo@nmihumanities.org.
From left: Trust Territory High Commissioner D.H. Nucker, Carlos Calvo, Melchor Mendiola Sr, and Prudencio Manglona. Photo taken on Saipan in 1957 when the Rota Municipal Charter was signed.
Joshua Tanaka and his wife, Carmen Olopai Tanaka with their children James, Clarissa (standing) and Jennifer. Photo taken on Saipan in May 1974.
From left: Jacinta Q. Kapileo, Father Ferdinand, Rose Ruak, and Remedio Pua. Photo taken during the Tanapag Village Fiesta in the early 1980s.
Jose M. Hocog "Josen Gei" and Candida Ada Hocog taken on their wedding day circa late 1945 or 1946.
Left. Brother Gregorio Oroquita and Father Jose Tardio, S.J. Photo taken at Camp Susupe, Saipan in 1944.
From left: Jose C. Tudela, Rita Diaz, Tilde Shimizu, Rita Sablan (Kilili), Matilde Cabrera and Elias P. Sablan. Circa the 1950s.
From left. Vicente D. Sablan "Kilili", William Nabors, and Dr. Francisco T. Palacios. Photo taken in the 1960s.
Maria "Marilyn" Hofschneider Aguon. Photo taken on Tinian in the early 1970s.
Donicio M. Lizama (Familian Batitang). Photo taken at the old Naval Hospital, Maturana Hill circa 1946.
From left: Catherine Tudela Flores (Lam), Barbra Tudela Flores, and Victor Tudela Flores. Photo taken on Saipan in 1977.
From left: Father Arnold Bendoesky, OFM Cap., Sister Bertha Salazar, MMB and Sister Patricia Cody, MMB. Photo taken at the old Saipan Airport (Kobler Field) circa the late 1960s.
Donicio M. Lizama (Batitang). Photo taken at the Navy Hospital on Maturana Hill circa 1946.
Pedro A. Lizama (Jun Batitang). Photo taken in circa the late 1960s.
Jesus D. Deleon Guerrero (Kumoi). Photo taken on Saipan in the mid-1950s.
Jacinta M. Kaipat. Photo taken at Oleai Elementary School, Saipan, in 1974.