Drilling for the Panama Canal

CultureFrench
Titles
  • Drilling for the Panama Canal
Date1870s
PlacePanama, South America
MediumAlbumen silver print from glass negative
DimensionsImage/Sheet:7 3/4 × 9 3/4 in. (19.7 × 24.8 cm)
Mount: 12 7/8 × 19 1/2 in. (32.7 × 49.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Charles Isaacs
Object number96.1025
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceCharles Isaacs Photographs, Inc., New York; given to MFAH, 1996.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
In pencil, on mount upper right: "Panama".

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