Black and white photograph postcard depicting housing quarters and the Chief Engineering Office and Administration Building in the Culebra Cut Canal Zone. Culebra is also known as the Gaillard Cut. Writing on the front of the postcard reads 'Culebra Canal Zone' and 'Chief Eng. Office Administration Bldg.' Verso has a handwritten note.
Subject
Panama Canal
Subject Place
Country
Panama
Region
Central America
Collection
Postcard Collection
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Postcard
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Writing Media
Nomenclature Class
Written Communication T&E
Nomenclature Category
Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication
Postcard Details
Postcard Type
Photograph (1900-Present)
Date Published
circa 1910 - circa 1915
Primary Language
English
Transcription
Transcription
The building on the left is where I live when in Culebra and the man stood on the porch of the Administration Bldg on the right when he took pictures #3 which shows Gold hill marked X and part of the cut with steam shovel working on the upper level The cut is over 1000 feet wide and 500 feet deep at this point
Language
English
Other Names and Numbers
Other Number
1, 2
Notes
Numbers handwritten on front lower center and verso left edge by previous owner
