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Panama and the canal in picture and prose
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Panama and the canal in picture and prose : a complete story of Panama, as well as the history, purpose and promise of its world-famous canal--the most gigantic engineering undertaking since the dawn of time. Approved by leading officials connected with the great enterprise
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The Panama and Nicaragua Canals : a report
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Report detailing the preference for building the interoceanic canal in the ismus of Panama rather than through Nicaragua.
mssHM 49256
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Aeronautical View of the Panama Canal : [with] Canal facts [and] Profile of Panama Canal
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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.
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Panama Canal
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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