Street scene, Colon, Canal Zone, Republic of Panama – Historic Photograph Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic photograph captures Street scene, Colon, Canal Zone, Republic of Panama in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Street scene, Colon, Canal Zone, Republic of Panama
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A street in Colón, the Atlantic port at the northern end of the Panama Canal, appears in this c1904 photograph, and the record notes that its date and details come from an unverified caption card. The picture falls in the years when the United States was taking over the canal project from the French company that had begun it. The Canal Zone was set up under a 1903 treaty, and the work that followed drew workers, merchants and supplies into port towns like Colón. Views of ordinary streets from this period show the bustle of that transition more clearly than the grand engineering works.
| Created / published | c1904. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,231 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-148637 |
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