(PANAMA) Excellent group of over 60 photographs depicting lo

Sale 1971 - Lot 250

Price Realized: $ 4,370

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Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500

(PANAMA)
Excellent group of over 60 photographs depicting lock construction along the Panama Canal during the French portion of the project with detailed images of workers in the canal cuts, heavy machinery being employed, rail lines along the cut, worker camps, workers bathing in a river under a railroad bridge, and more. Albumen prints, 41/2x61/2 to 71/2x91/2 inches (11.4x16.5 to 19x24.1 cm.) and the reverse, many with hand written captions, in pencil and ink or in the negative, on mounts verso or recto. 1884-88

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A fascinating group of images of the failed attempt by the French to complete the Panama Canal. Many of the images depict the last few months of construction before Ferdinand de Lessepes and his compatriots ran out of money and dissolved the company. Construction began over a decade later when the Americans took over the project.