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The type of the Panama Canal
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Rare Books
A Bird's-eye view in anticipation of the canal's opening in 1915. Three dimensional map. "Copyright 1911 by F. D. Graves, New York." "C. P. Gray Mapmaker, New York." Profile and data furnished by the Isthmian Canal Commission. MS notes: Pac. Mail S.C. Map F.. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: shaded. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography.
19952
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Visual Materials
The Huntington Library's Collection of Panoramic Photographs, 1851 to 2014, depicts a wide variety of subjects and provides an important resource for the visual history of the United States, with a particular emphasis on California and the American West. Subjects include landscapes, group portraits, and miscellaneous views. The collection also contains photographs by some of the better known photographers and photographic firms of the first part of the twentieth century. Photographers and publishers represented in the collection include Charles Z. Bailey; Bailey and Ramsey; Bryant Studio; Bunnell Photo Shop; California Panorama Company; Bell Clements; Fay Foto Service; R.J. Gallagher; George. R. Lawrence Company; J.D. Givens; Gordon Panoramic Photo Company; Griffith Photo; Harris Photographic Company; Karen Halverson; George W. Hazard; L.M. Hermance; Hiller; Hughes Photos; William Henry Jackson; I.L. Maduro; Mayhart Studio; C.R. Nock; Panorama Publishing Company; Pettit's Studio; Photo News Service; C.C. Pierce; A.C. Pillsbury; Pillsbury Picture Company; Prince Photo; G.H. Rice; H.H. Rideout; Sanford and Black Photo News Service; Thompson; O.A. Tunnell; H.A. Varble; Miles F. Weaver; and West Coast Art Company. Notable in the collection is a contemporary four-plate ambrotype in a frame; it is a panoramic view of the Los Angeles River, 2014, by Michael Kolster (photPAN 147).
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Manuscripts
5 items: original booklet, undated, "Souvenir and log of my voyage," presented by Panama Mail S.S. Co. (ca. 1935); illustrated aerial view of Panama Canal by Charles H. Owens of the LAT Art Staff, undated; 10-pp. report on "Panama ... Crossroads of the Hemisphere," prepared by Middle America Information Bureau / United Fruit Co., 1/25/1946; original book, The Panama Canal - Fiftieth Anniversary, prepared by The Panama Canal Co., 1964; brochure, "Current Foreign Policy" (Dept. of State) , 10/1972.
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