Across the Isthmus : digging Culebra

Photograph shows the digging process, consisting of steam shovels and railroad cars, of the Culebra Cut of the Panama Canal.

Publication date: 1939-02-19

Size: 12.5 x 11.2 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: black and white

Language:

• English

Geography:

• Panama Canal (Panama)

Subject(s):

• Canal construction--Panama--Panama Canal--1900-1910
• Gaillard Cut (Panama)--1900-1910
• Mine railroad cars--Panama--Panama Canal--1900-1910
• Panama Canal (Panama)--1900-1910
• Steam shovels--Panama--Panama Canal--1900-1910

Genre(s):

• Documentary photographs
• Landscape photographs
• Photographs

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Sunday Tribune (February 19, 1939), p. 4

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg