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Panama Canal Zone and other water resources photographs

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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.

    photCL 742

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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.

    photCL 742

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    Photographs of United States Navy ships, United States Navy Yard at Mare Island, and the Grand Canyon

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    Consists of 12 photographs. photPF 2414-2417 are of Commodore Dewey's U.S.S. Olympia at Manila in 1916, the U.S.S. Charleston in the Panama Canal Zone on September 8, 1916, the U.S.S. Tennessee in the Panama Canal Zone on April 27, 1916, and the U.S.S. Horace X. Baxter at San Pedro in approximately 1915-1930. photPF 2418-2423 depicts the United States Navy Yard at Mare Island, California and includes buildings such as the officers' residences, the entrance and gate house, the U.S. Navy Hospital, naval employees, and other federal buildings. photPF 2424-2425 are of the Grand Canyon and the Colorado River.

    photPF 2414-2425

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    Photographs of lock construction along the Panama Canal

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    A group of images documenting the failed attempt by the French government to complete the Panama Canal in the 1880s. Many of the images depict the last few months of construction before Ferdinand de Lessepes and his compatriots ran out of money and dissolved the company. The collection shows the lock construction including detailed images of workers in the canal cuts, heavy machinery, rail lines along the cuts, worker housing, and the terrain.

    photCL 462