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  • The Panama Canal Zone administration building, Ancon, Panama. Photograph, ca. 1910.
  • Wooden houses in Ancon (?), Panama, built during the Panama Canal construction era. Photograph, ca. 1910.
  • The Panama Canal Zone chief engineer's residence (right), administration building (centre), and staff quarters (left), Ancon, Panama. Photograph, ca. 1910.
  • The Isthmian Canal Commission (I.C.C.) Hotel, Culebra, Panama Canal Zone. Photograph, ca. 1910.
  • Italian Panama Canal construction workers (?), Juan Grande. Photograph, ca. 1910.
  • The Isthmian Canal Commission (ICC) Sanitarium, Taboga Island, Panama. Photograph, ca. 1910.
  • Ditch, two months after grass burning; Panama Canal construction work. Photograph, 1910.
  • Miraflores, the Panama Canal Zone: a West Indian man sprays larvicide into a ditch as part of a mosquito control programme implemented during the construction of the Panama Canal. Photograph, 1910.
  • Hand-cleared ditch in a grassy field; Panama Canal construction work. Photograph, 1910.
  • Panama Canal Zone: large 'mosquito-proofed' houses with screened porches. Photograph, ca. 1910.
  • Panama Canal workers' (European) sleeping quarters: interior showing fold-up bunks. Photograph, ca. 1911.
  • The Agua Clara Reservoir, Gatun: part of the Panama Canal Zone waterworks. Photograph, 1910.
  • Panama Canal construction workers on arrival at the train station, Gorgona. Photograph, ca. 1910.
  • The Pedro Miguel Locks, Panama Canal construction works: looking south from east. Photograph, 1910.
  • The Culebra Cut after heavy rain: Panama Canal construction work in progress. Photograph, 1910.
  • Open earth draining of a swamp at Mount Hope; Panama Canal construction work. Photograph, 1910.
  • Ancon Hospital grounds, Panama Canal Zone: the Tivoli Hotel in the distance. Photograph, ca. 1910.
  • Ancon, Panama Canal Zone: a French house with a screened-in porch. Photograph, ca. 1910.
  • Ancon, Panama Canal Zone: a mosquito oil plant interior showing rows of barrels. Photograph, 1910.
  • Panama Canal construction workers (American and European) dining in the Isthmian Canal Commission (I.C.C.) hotel, Culebra. Photograph, ca. 1910.
  • Miraflores, the Panama Canal Zone: rising smoke as two West Indian men burn grass away from the side of a ditch as part of a mosquito control programme implemented during the construction of the Panama Canal. Photograph, 1910.
  • Toro Point, Panama Canal Zone: a muddy drain with dense vegetation on either side. Photograph, 1911.
  • Colón, Panama, before the sanitary works that were implemented during the construction of the Panama Canal: a ditch runs down the centre of a street lined with wooden houses. Photograph, 1908.
  • The Pedro Miguel Locks, Panama Canal construction: view of train tracks, looking south from west. Photograph, 1907.
  • The Isthmian Canal Commission (ICC) Sanitarium, Taboga Island, Panama, with view of village and beach. Photograph, ca. 1910.
  • Colón, Panama: men construct sewers in the middle of a road lined with wooden houses, as part of a programme of sanitary work implemented during the construction of the Panama Canal. Photograph, 1910.
  • Colón, Panama: men construct sewers in the middle of a road lined with wooden houses, as part of a programme of sanitary work implemented during the construction of the Panama Canal. Photograph, 1910.
  • Colón, Panama: men construct sewers in the middle of a road lined with wooden houses, as part of a programme of sanitary work implemented during the construction of the Panama Canal. Photograph, 1910.
  • The Panama Canal: Baron de Reinach, one of the promoters of the canal, is forced to swallow poison. Watercolour drawing by H.S. Robert, ca. 1897.
  • Panama Canal workers' (West Indian and Panaman) quarters: exterior view of wooden huts with resident children in foreground. Photograph, ca. 1910.