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Photographs of laborers at Culebra Cut during Panama Canal construction

Description: This collection contains 11 photographs with captions depicting scenes of labor and life by the Culebra Cut including images of a train dumping earth from the Cut, workers using steam drills and other tools, a labor camp near the Cut, a busy street on pay day, and a view north from the Cut.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1905-1910
Call number: photCL 743
Provenance: Purchased from Michael Maslan Vintage Posters, Photographs, Postcards & Ephemera, June 2025.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Rights: The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.

Photographs of laborers at Culebra Cut during Panama Canal construction

Visual Materials

This collection contains 11 photographs with captions depicting scenes of labor and life by the Culebra Cut including images of a train dumping earth from the Cut, workers using steam drills and other tools, a labor camp near the Cut, a busy street on pay day, and a view north from the Cut.

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Photographs of Panama Canal laborers and labor camps

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This collection contains 12 photographs depicting scenes of labor and life in the Panama Canal Zone including images of Italian and Spanish (identified as Gallegos) workers, workers using steam shovels and drills, and the Isthmian Canal Commission (I.C.C.) hotel and pay car. The photographs are captioned with locations and some dates.

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Photographs of Panama Canal laborers and labor camps

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[View of Culebra Cut, Panama Canal]

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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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[View of Culebra Cut, Panama Canal]

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[View of Culebra Cut, Panama Canal]

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Photographs of laborers at Culebra Cut during Panama Canal construction

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