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The Panama Canal Zone chief engineer's residence (right), administration building (centre), and staff quarters (left), Ancon, Panama. Photograph, ca. 1910.

Ancon Hospital grounds, Panama: street with wooden buildings lined with palm trees. Photograph, ca. 1910.

The Panama Canal Zone administration building, Ancon, Panama. Photograph, ca. 1910.

Colón, Panama: tarmacadamed street with storm sewer; residents shown in houses and on the street, with horse and cart in the foreground. Photograph, 1911.

Dutch settlement at Chinsura on the Hugli river, West Bengal. Coloured etching by William Hodges, 1787.

Swatow (Shantou), Kwangtung (Guangdong) province, China: European houses in the foreign quarter. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.

Ancon Hospital grounds, Panama Canal Zone: the Tivoli Hotel in the distance. Photograph, ca. 1910.

Panama Canal workers' quarters (West Indian and Panaman) surrounded by palm trees: wooden cottages provided with self-closing dustbins; West Indian resident in foreground. Photograph, 1911.

Wooden houses in Ancon (?), Panama, built during the Panama Canal construction era. Photograph, ca. 1910.

North Avenue, Panama: newly paved busy street with carriages, residents and workers; lined with large buildings with balconies. Photograph, 1907.

Colón, Panama: Bolivar Street newly paved. Photograph, ca. 1908.

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North Avenue, Panama: newly paved busy street with carriages, residents and workers; lined with large buildings with balconies. Photograph, 1907.

Colón, Panama: tarmacadamed street with storm sewer; residents shown in houses and on the street, with horse and cart in the foreground. Photograph, 1911.

Dutch settlement at Chinsura on the Hugli river, West Bengal. Coloured etching by William Hodges, 1787.

Colón, Panama: Bolivar Street newly paved. Photograph, ca. 1908.

The Panama Canal Zone administration building, Ancon, Panama. Photograph, ca. 1910.