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Panama Canal and CityBiblio.com

Panama Canal and Panama City at the beginning of the 20th century Photo Archive

Hogg, John Edwin; Dunlap, Orrin E.; Blackman, Winifred S.; Wright, Hamilton; Grimshaw, Beatrice; Collins, Dale; "Lanham"; green, Lawrence G.; Weddall, A.; Verrill, A. Hyatt; Forbin, V.; Cronstedt, Count Nils; Fletcher, E.F.MareMagnum

The Wide World Magazine - True Stories of Adventure, February [Feb.] 1924, Vol. LII, No. 310: On Niagara's Brink / An Englshwoman in Upper Egypt

Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Lost in the Pacific - John Edwin Hogg attempted to take a small boat to Panama from some islands 90 miles off the coast, but encountered treacherous seas; On Niagara's Brink - Orrin E. Dunlap, the unofficial historian of Niagara Falls, describes the area's most thrilling adventure, that of a barge and two men, Lofberg and Harris, who drifted to the verge of Horseshoe Falls - article with photos; An Englishwoman in Upper Egypt - Part I - Oxford Anthropology student Winifred S. Blackman relates her experiences in three winters of living with the people of Upper Egypt - article with photos; Captain Doudera's Bet - The amazing photo-illustrated story of Captain Frank Doudera, of Brooklyn, New York, and his quest to obtain a timber wolf pelt within six weeks; The Head-Hunters of the Sepik - Part II - Beatrice Grimshaw travelled up the Sepik River of New Guinea, where she dealt with the local cannibals - article with photos; Chippin' Paint - An amusing sea story; To Afghanistan in Disguise - Part II - A British officer's remarkable journey, disguised as an Oriental, across a large part of India and finally into forbidden Afghanistan and beyond, living among the natives as one of themselves; The Treasure of Tristan Da Cunha - Photo-illustrated article about a hoard of gold and jewels said to have been hidden here by pirates in 1810; Photo of a literal river full of logs in British Columbia; The Three Angleteers - Part IV - Three bored Englishmen travel to Europe for trouble and adventure; In the British Guiana Jungle - A vividly-written photo-illustrated account of an eventful boat-journey into the interior of British Guiana with a motion picture camera, culminating with a visit to the mighty Kaietuerk Falls, the greatest cataract in the world, five times higher than Niagara; The Secret of the Wilds - photos of wild animals which resemble those of prehistoric times; "Grip" and I - Part II - A bull-terrier spared from death by its new owner Count Nils Cronstedt returns the favour by saving him multiple times during his stay in West Africa as Commander of H.M.S. Heron and Assistant Marine Superintendent in Northern Nigeria; One Night - the story of a hunt in the darkness and a panther who stood his ground; and more. 88 pages plus 24 pages of nice vintage ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book

RareNonFiction.com · Ladysmith, CA395,00 €

Panama Canal & City PhotosBiblio.com

Panama Canal Era Photography of Urban Life Indigenous Presence and American Engineering in the 1910s and 1920s

1910226891910. Unknown photographers early twentieth-century Panama photo archive circa 1910s to 1920s documents Panama during the decades surrounding the completion and early operation of the Panama Canal supporting research into U.S. engineering influence urban modernization Indigenous representation tourism waterfront labor and the transformation of Panama City and Colón into canal-era commercial spaces. The Panama Canal was completed and opened in 1914 linking the Atlantic and Pacific through one of the period's most consequential engineered waterways and the Gatun Locks formed part of the lock system that lifted vessels to Gatun Lake before lowering them at the opposite end of the route. These photographs record not only canal machinery and civic streets but also the human geography around the canal: tourists workers traders children waterfront activity ruins and leisure businesses appear together in a visual record of Panama's modernization under strong American commercial and infrastructural presence. Fifteen pieces comprising fourteen silver gelatin photographs and real photo postcards with one printed business advertisement card Panama circa 1910s to 1920s measuring approximately 2½ x 3¾ inches to 4 x 6 inches. The canal views include "Operating Emergency Dam Gatun Locks Panama Canal" and a view captioned "Gatun Locks" showing massive steel gates and early twentieth-century bridgework. Urban scenes include "Street Scene Panama City on Southern Cruise 1923" with American tourists Model T automobiles and colonial façades and "The Plaza Panama City" showing palm trees streetcar tracks and civic space. Local and historical subjects include a real photo postcard captioned "Circular Stairway in Old Panama ruins of Old Panama standing at the foot and looking directly up" documenting Panama Viejo the site of the original Panama City founded in 1519 and later recognized as part of a UNESCO World Heritage site. Other images include "Panama Water Front at High Tide" with fishing boats and market activity; dockworkers and traders near the canal's edge; and "Children in San Blas Panama" foregrounding Indigenous presence during the Canal era. The San Blas Islands are associated with the Guna an Indigenous people of Panama and Colombia whose communities are strongly identified with Guna Yala and the San Blas archipelago. The advertisement card reading "When in Colon Visit the Café Hollywood" places the photographic group within the leisure and service economy that grew around canal traffic tourism and foreign presence. Together the images clarify the different but connected worlds of early twentieth-century Panama: the engineered landscape of Gatun Locks the colonial and modern streets of Panama City the ruins of Old Panama the working waterfront Indigenous children in San Blas and the commercial culture of Colón. Minor corner wear and toning; images sharp and well preserved very good overall. Cohesive Panama Canal era archive documenting the intersection of American engineering urban transformation Indigenous life waterfront labor and tourist commerce in the early decades of the Canal Zone. unknown

Max Rambod Inc. · États-Unis480,00 $US≈ 406,13 €

Panama Canal and Indigenous LifeBiblio.com

Panama Canal and Indigenous Panama Photograph Archive Documenting Engineering Expansion and Native Communities in Early Twentieth Century Central America

1920217831920. Archive of photographs documenting the Panama Canal and Indigenous communities in Panama in the early twentieth century ranging from the industrial landscape of the canal's construction and operation to the daily lives of Indigenous Panamanian peoples. The photographs reflect two intertwined yet often contrasting aspects of Panamanian history: the rise of industrial imperialism and the endurance of Indigenous culture. Archive of 33 silver gelatin photographs. Each measure between 4.5" x 2.5" to 3.5" x 2.25". The series prominently features engineering achievements along the canal route. Images include multiple angles of locks and lift bridges such as the Miraflores Pedro Miguel and Gatun Locks as well as steamships and freighters navigating through the canal and moored along its edges. Several views capture drawbridges in operation mechanical infrastructures like lock control houses and long rail-lined chambers used to elevate ships across Panama's central isthmus. A few aerial or elevated shots emphasize the canal's monumental scale revealing vast water channels and industrial zones carved through jungle terrain. A second subset of photographs focuses on the Welland Ship Canal in Ontario Canada suggesting a comparative or thematic link between North American waterway engineering and the Panama Canal project-possibly compiled by a traveler engineer or canal enthusiast. In contrast the ethnographic photographs document Indigenous Panamanian groups-most likely Guna Kuna and Emberá-Wounaan peoples-living in thatched-roof villages dressed in traditional textiles body paint and adornments. Several portraits show children and adults standing in front of woven bamboo huts while others portray groups in ceremonial or communal settings. The camera's perspective suggests a Western possibly touristic or anthropological gaze reflecting the era's colonial attitudes toward Indigenous populations. The Panama Canal completed in 1914 under U.S. control after a failed French attempt was one of the most ambitious engineering projects of the 20th century. It transformed global maritime trade by connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through Central America. The canal's construction required the displacement of communities massive deforestation and the recruitment of tens of thousands of laborers primarily from the Caribbean who worked under harsh and segregated conditions. Indigenous populations in the canal zone and surrounding regions were deeply affected by this transformation. Their lands were often appropriated for canal infrastructure military zones or settler expansion. Cultural disruptions ecological degradation and restricted access to traditional territories became ongoing challenges. At the same time Indigenous communities-especially the Guna-resisted assimilation and maintained distinct cultural practices leading to moments of organized resistance like the 1925 Guna Revolution which asserted political autonomy in the face of Panamanian and U.S. pressures. This archive preserves a multifaceted visual history of Panama at a time of profound transition. The industrial photographs document the ambitions and outcomes of a modern imperial project while the ethnographic images capture Indigenous identities that persisted despite external pressures. Together they offer insight into the tensions between modernization and tradition progress and displacement-narratives that continue to shape Panama's national story today. unknown

Max Rambod Inc. · États-Unis485,00 $US≈ 410,36 €

Panama Canal Photograph AlbumBiblio.com

Panama Canal Era Maritime Life and American Presence in Central America Photograph Album circa 1904-1914

1904182051904. Photograph album circa 1904-1914 documenting maritime activity canal construction and social life in Panama during the period of American engineering control of the Panama Canal project. The images center on a group of American men traveling aboard a small yacht identified in several photographs by the presence of the American yacht ensign indicating a private pleasure vessel rather than a military or commercial ship. Several photographs appear to show large-scale excavation and infrastructure consistent with canal construction situating the album within the decade of intensive labor and engineering that culminated in the canal's completion in 1914. Alongside these scenes are numerous images of local life including Indigenous children and adults along coastal and riverine environments as well as built landscapes featuring plantation-style houses adapted to tropical climates. The album provides visual evidence of the intersection of American presence large-scale infrastructure development and local communities in early twentieth-century Panama. Photograph album containing images mounted on black pages within a black leather-bound volume measuring approximately 10 x 7 inches and comprising 86 pages. The photographs depict shipboard life including crew members steering and managing vessels group portraits of men in bathing attire and social gatherings such as shared meals. Additional images show coastal scenes with canoes swimmers and shoreline activity as well as occasional figures in military dress. The composition of the album reflects both travel documentation and informal social photography capturing a range of maritime domestic and environmental subjects. 86-page album with photographs mounted throughout; one page partially clipped and one page removed with small tears to several pages not affecting images. Light sunning to some photographs; overall very good condition. A cohesive visual record of American maritime travel and canal-era activity in Panama documenting both infrastructure development and everyday life in the region. unknown

Max Rambod Inc. · États-Unis550,00 $US≈ 465,35 €

Panama City and Canal ZoneBiblio.com

Panama Canal Zone Photography and U.S. Occupation in Panama 23 original silver gelatin photographs 1915

1915224481915. Unknown photographer Panama Canal Zone and local life photo archive 1915 documents Panama during the first year after the canal's opening to traffic and supports research into U.S. imperial administration Canal Zone settlement travel photography military protection of infrastructure and the visual ordering of colonial space. The Panama Canal opened to traffic on August 15 1914 after U.S. construction created a strategic interoceanic route administered through the Canal Zone and Balboa Heights became a key administrative and residential center for the U.S.-controlled canal system. These photographs capture the built and natural environment through which American authority was made visible: locks river landscapes official buildings hilltop housing city views and naval practice appear together as evidence of a recently completed engineering project becoming an occupied administrative territory. Twenty-four original silver gelatin photographs including two real photo postcards dated 1915 with some undated images several with handwritten inscriptions in English on versos and some with printed captions on rectos. Photographs measure approximately 3½ x 5 inches to 5½ x 7 inches. The archive includes views of the Chagres River the largest river in the Panama Canal drainage basin and a major part of the canal water system together with photographs of the Gatun Locks canal gates aerial views of Panama City the main city plaza a bull ring and Balboa Heights. The Balboa Heights images show American-style bungalows arranged along curving terraced roads with broad verandas raised foundations and landscaped grounds visual evidence of the residential hierarchy attached to U.S. canal administration. Additional images show the Administration Building at Balboa Heights completed in 1914 and positioned above the town as a central administrative landmark while a real photo postcard captioned "Ready to Fire-Division Practice" shows U.S. naval boats in formation off the coast connecting sightseeing views to the military protection of the newly opened canal. The archive's research value lies in its combination of personal travel documentation official-looking captioned views urban and infrastructural scenes and military imagery from the early Canal Zone era. Its views of Balboa Heights are especially significant because U.S. canal society was organized through racialized and occupational distinctions including the "gold roll" and "silver roll" labor categories that separated white American workers from largely Black Caribbean and Latin American workers and shaped housing pay and privilege within the zone. Light edge wear legible inscriptions and preserved image surfaces very good overall. Cohesive Panama Canal Zone photo archive documenting the immediate post-opening landscape of U.S. power in Panama through canal infrastructure river systems segregated administrative space urban views and naval readiness. unknown

Max Rambod Inc. · États-Unis550,00 $US≈ 465,35 €

Panama Canal Zone PhotographicaABAA

PAIR OF PANORAMIC PHOTOGRAPHS DEPICTING THE PANAMA CANAL ZONE IN THE EARLY 1930s

1930WRCAM55194San Antonio: E.O. Goldbeck National Photo & News Service 1930. Two panoramic photographs 10 x 48 1/2 inches and 10 x 34 1/2 inches. Minor edge wear and creasing. Very good. An interesting pair of panoramic photographs relating to the Panama Canal Zone around 1930. The photographs were produced by the prolific panoramist E.O. Goldbeck during one of his many jaunts to record American military installations in exotic locales. One is dated June 1930 but it is reasonable to assume Goldbeck photographed both subjects around the same time since the Panama Canal Zone is no short trip from San Antonio. The pair of panoramas include: 1 CULEBRA CUT - PANAMA CANAL ZONE. 10 x 48 1/2 inches. A well-composed image showing a steamship rounding a corner of the Culebra Cut an artificial valley cutting through the Continental Divide in Panama and one of the greatest engineering projects of the late- 19th and early-20th centuries. Begun in 1881 by the French and not finished until 1913 by the United States the Culebra Cut known for most of its life as the Gaillard Cut is an eight-mile-long artificial channel forming part of the Panama Canal. It connects Gatun Lake to the Gulf of Panama providing a link from the Atlantic to the Pacific. The Culebra Cut resulted from the blasting and excavation of the Culebra mountains by 6000 workers employing hundreds of steam drills and shovels 60 million pounds of dynamite and thousands of trains loaded with debris and bound for landfill dumps. The present image captures the awesome scope of the project completed less than twenty years earlier. 2 FT. AMADOR. C.Z. JUNE 1930. CAPT. R.J. VAN BUSKIRK. COMDG. 10 x 34 1/2 inches. A panoramic photograph featuring Company B of the 65th Air Defense Artillery Regiment of the United States Army. The 65th regiment was active in providing air defense in the Panama Canal Zone from July 1924 to April 1932. Fort Amador was primarily an infantry and artillery support base providing air defense to American merchant ships traveling through the Pacific side of the Panama Canal. The image captures over eighty members of Company B ranged on each side of their trophies and their regimental guidon. A complementary pair of panoramic photographs highlighting the scale of the project in the Culebra Cut and American military interests in the Panama Canal Zone in the interwar period. E.O. Goldbeck, National Photo & News Service unknown books

William Reese Company · États-Unis575,00 $US≈ 486,51 €

Jamaica and Panama Photo AlbumBiblio.com

Caribbean and Panama Canal Travel Photography Album Documenting Colonial Infrastructure and Jamaican Village Life 1930s

1930224461930. Caribbean and Panama travel photograph album. circa early 1930s. This album documents interwar travel through the Panama Canal Zone and Jamaica recording maritime transit canal infrastructure and rural Caribbean life as observed by Western travelers. The photographs provide primary visual evidence of the Panama Canal as a site of industrial activity and international movement alongside scenes of Jamaican village life and landscape establishing a contrast between engineered environments and colonial rural settings. The material is particularly strong in its depiction of canal operations and the presence of local populations within these spaces. Album containing 29 silver gelatin photographs mounted on black leaves with individual prints measuring approximately 3.5 x 4.5 to 5 x 7 inches housed in a string-bound album measuring approximately 7 x 9.5 inches. The opening sequence shows passengers aboard a steamship with men and women posed along deck rails and views of ships navigating canal locks and docking areas. Additional images depict cranes drawbridges canal cuts and small boats in the water along with dock workers and uniformed personnel visible among travelers. Architectural and infrastructural views include colonial-style buildings and mechanical equipment associated with canal operation concluding with a monument identified as that of Vasco Núñez de Balboa in Panama City. The Jamaica sequence includes landscape views of hillsides and gardens along with images of Black Jamaican residents posed in village settings. One photograph bears the caption "Kingston Jamaica 10 -- S.S. 'Reliance' West Indies Cruise" showing children and adults gathered along a dirt road lined with wooden and metal-roofed structures. Other images show groups assembled beneath trees and within rural surroundings. Produced during a period when the Panama Canal served as a major conduit for global shipping under U.S. administration and Caribbean travel formed part of organized cruise itineraries the album reflects established routes of interwar tourism. The juxtaposition of canal engineering and Jamaican village scenes situates the photographs within broader patterns of travel that linked industrial infrastructure with colonial landscapes. Minor water rippling to pages and photographs; images remain clear; overall very good. A coherent travel album documenting canal operations and Caribbean life in the early twentieth century. unknown

Max Rambod Inc. · États-Unis580,00 $US≈ 490,74 €

Panama Canal Infrastructure and Urban LifeBiblio.com

Panama Canal and Caribbean Trade History: Photographic Views of Panama City Canal Infrastructure and Urban Life 1920s

1920230431920. Panama City photograph archive ca. 1920s documenting the urban environment of the Panamanian capital and the infrastructure of the Panama Canal during the decades following the canal's opening in 1914. The photographs record the interconnected worlds of canal engineering international commerce tourism and everyday street life that developed as Panama City became a strategic hub of global shipping and American geopolitical influence in the Caribbean basin. Urban scenes depict commercial storefronts streetcars automobiles and pedestrian activity along central avenues while other photographs capture the canal's mechanical landscape of locks spillways and industrial structures. Together the images illustrate the transformation of Panama City into a cosmopolitan port city shaped by canal traffic international trade and the presence of the U.S. Canal Zone administration. Archive of eighteen original silver gelatin photographs depicting Panama City and surrounding canal infrastructure. Each measure approximately 3.5 x 5.5 inches. Several images show major canal engineering features including a photograph captioned "Purifying Plant and Spillway - Panama Canal" as well as views of lock systems and canal transport routes where cargo vessels pass through the waterway. Urban photographs record commercial and entertainment districts including a façade marked "American Cabaret" a busy street labeled "Street Scene - Panama City" and a view of the Hotel Central along a principal thoroughfare lined with automobiles and electric streetcars. One photograph bears the caption "264 - President's Palace on day of Riot Panama 2-28-." showing crowds gathered along balconies and streets near the presidential residence during a moment of public unrest. Additional photographs document daily life and local commerce including outdoor market scenes pedestrians and vendors workers posing near canal machinery and residents standing beside storefront displays. Landscapes and travel images appear as well including a waterfall and rural roadside scenes with automobiles indicating the expansion of modern transportation and tourism into the Panamanian countryside during the early twentieth century. The photographs collectively capture the layered social and industrial landscape that emerged in Panama after the completion of the Panama Canal when the city became a focal point of hemispheric trade and international transit. The canal drastically shortened maritime routes between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and reshaped the economy of the Caribbean and Pacific coasts of the Americas. Panama City consequently developed a complex urban culture combining local Panamanian communities canal workers foreign merchants travelers and U.S. officials connected to canal administration. Light surface wear and minor edge handling visible on several prints overall very good condition. These images document that environment through views of transportation infrastructure entertainment venues commercial streets and civic spaces offering a visual record of Panama City during the formative decades of the canal era. Photographs measure approximately postcard size. unknown

Max Rambod Inc. · États-Unis880,00 $US≈ 744,57 €

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Panama Canal and Panama City at the beginning of the 20th century Photo Archive

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Panama Canal and Panama City at the beginning of the 20th century Photo Archive

The Wide World Magazine - True Stories of Adventure, February [Feb.] 1924, Vol. LII, No. 310: On Niagara's Brink / An Englshwoman in Upper Egypt

The Wide World Magazine - The Magazine for Everybody, March 1919: A Woman's Travels in China

The Wide World Magazine - True Stories of Adventure, May 1923, Vol. LI, No. 301: A Woman in Unknown Albania / Seeking the Copper Mountain

Album fotografico. Peru', Lima, Kingston, Panama. 21 fotografie originali

Panama Canal Era Photography of Urban Life Indigenous Presence and American Engineering in the 1910s and 1920s

Panama Canal and Indigenous Panama Photograph Archive Documenting Engineering Expansion and Native Communities in Early Twentieth Century Central America

2 Photographies anciennes - Travaux d’un canal (de Panama ?)

Panama Canal Era Maritime Life and American Presence in Central America Photograph Album circa 1904-1914

Panama Canal Zone Photography and U.S. Occupation in Panama 23 original silver gelatin photographs 1915

PAIR OF PANORAMIC PHOTOGRAPHS DEPICTING THE PANAMA CANAL ZONE IN THE EARLY 1930s

Caribbean and Panama Canal Travel Photography Album Documenting Colonial Infrastructure and Jamaican Village Life 1930s

[COSTA RICA/PANAMA/PÉROU] Carte réduite de la côte occidentale de l'Amérique depuis 9.° de latitude nord jusqu'à 7.° de latitude sud.

PROJET D'UN CANAL DE JONCTION DE L'OCEAN PACIFIQUE ET DE L'OCEAN ATLANTIQUE A TRAVERS L'ISTHME DE PANAMA

Congreso de Panama. Antiguo Arzobispo de Malinas. Traducido del Francés por A. Naucot

Sur le canal maritime interocéanique.

REGLAMENTO del haber mensual, que deberán gozar los Oficiales, y demás Individuos de los Regimientos de Infantería que estuviessen empleados en la Gobernación de Panamá.

Panama Canal and Caribbean Trade History: Photographic Views of Panama City Canal Infrastructure and Urban Life 1920s

Railway & Marine News, A Semi-Monthly Publication Devoted to Pacific Coast Transportation Interests, October 1, 1911, Vol. IX, No. 18 - Magnificent Illustrated Centerfold Makes Case for Alaskan Lighthouses

Railway & Marine News, A Semi-Monthly Publication Devoted to Pacific Coast Transportation Interests, June 15, 1911, Vol. IX, No. 11 - Launching of the Titanic!

Panama - le passé, le présent, l'avenir. Ouvrage accompagné de vues photographiques, de cartes et plans en couleurs et d'un atlas à part [2 volumes. I: texte avec planches, II: Atlas (2 plans annexés)]

Panama - le passé, le présent, l'avenir. Ouvrage accompagné de vues photographiques, de cartes et plans en couleurs et d'un atlas à part [2 volumes. I: texte avec planches, II: Atlas (2 plans annexés)]

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