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University of Florida

George A Smathers Libraries

Special and Area Studies Collections

Leonard Carpenter Panama Canal Collection

http://ufdc.ufl.edu/lcpcc

 

See FINDING AID

http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/manuscript/guides/panama_lc.htm

 

The Leonard Carpenter Panama Canal Collection primarily consists of photographs of Panama and the Panama Canal Zone during construction, beginning in 1914. The photographs show dredging and construction operations, workers, military personnel and camps, ships such as the U.S.S. Ohio, the dam at Pedro Miguel, an hydroelectric plant, locks, the Steamship Cristobal, Paraiso Yard, and a U.S. Navy dirigible. Several photos have captions identifying the persons, places and events shown. Most of the collection, particularly the photographs and items dated 1914 to 1929, originally were created or collected by Walter E. Boyd. He appears in a small number of the photographs, and two of the publications in the collection were mailed to him.

 

Collection Contents

·         Canal Interoceanique de Panama notice regarding a system for transporting dredged rubble from the Canal (in French, with translation). 1887

·         Guide: My Trip Through the Panama Canal from the Atlantic to the Pacific. 1929

·         Miscellaneous Memorabilia, Notes and Publications regarding the Panama Canal. 1927 and n.d.

·         Official Handbook of the Panama Canal.1915

·         Photographs: Assorted uncaptioned photos, Panama Canal. ca. 1920s

·         Photographs: Miscellaneous Military Base Camp Photos, Panama Canal. ca. 1920s

·         Photographs: Miscellaneous Photos and Negatives, Panama Canal. ca. 1914-1928

·         Photographs: Dredging, Soldiers, and Ships. ca. 1914

·         Photographs: U.S. Military Personnel, Panama Canal. ca. 1920s

·         Photographs: U.S. Soldiers (Unidentified), Panama Canal. ca. 1920s

·         Photographs: Views of Panama and the Canal. ca. 1928

·         Photographs: Workers (Unidentified) and Work Camp, Panama Canal. ca. 1920s

·         Publication: The Canal Diggers in Panama 1904 to 1928 (by the Panama Canal Retirement Association). 1928

·         Publication: Panama Canal Review Special Edition. 1973

·         Publication: The Panama Canal: Twenty-fifth Anniversary. 1939

·         Spike (Metal) from the Pacific Coast railroad (with a note on envelope reading: "Brought from France by W.E. Boyd in 1919") n.d.

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