Panama Canal Commission Photonegatives
name: label: Creator
content: Panama Canal Company
label: Donor
content: United States. Panama Canal Commission
place: label: Place
content: Panama
label: Place
content: Panama Canal (Panama)
topic: label: Topic
content: Bridges -- Panama
label: Topic
content: Canals -- Panama
label: Topic
content: Construction -- Panama
label: Topic
content: Water towers -- Panama
label: Topic
content: Machinery -- Panama
label: Topic
content: Power plants -- Panama
label: Topic
content: Railroads -- Panama
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: These 719 negatives were separated from the main body of negatives retained by the National Archives. While they were photographed by the Panama Canal Company, the collection is named for the Panama Canal Commission, which had replaced it by the time of the donation.
creator: label: Creator
content: Panama Canal Company
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content: Panama Canal Commission Photonegatives
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The Panama Canal Commission, a U.S. government agency, operated the Canal during the 20-year transition period that began with Panama Canal Treaty implementation on October 1, 1979. The Commission replaced the former Panama Canal Company.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 6 Cubic feet (41 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1903-circa 1939
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1116
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Divided into 16 series: 

Series 1: Canal Construction

Series 2: Locks

Series 3: Slides and Removal

Series 4: Dredges

Series 5: Panoramas of Canal

Series 6: Miscellaneous Construction Machinery

Series 7: Power Plant Construction

Series 8: Piers and Marine Terminals

Series 9: Bridges

Series 10: Miscellaneous Construction Scenes and Blasting

Series 11: Government Structures

Series 12: Towers, Cranes and Hoisting

Series 13: Dam Construction

Series 14: Panama Railroad Trestles

Series 15: Water Towers and Gas Holders

Series 16: Miscellaneous Engineering Subjects
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- Black-and-white negatives -- Glass -- 1900-1950
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: A collection of 719 negatives on various subjects relating to the building of the Panama Canal and the U.S. presence there until the late 1930s.