An open sewer beneath elevated wooden huts with residents outside, Panama. Photograph, 1908.

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1908
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561925i
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An open sewer beneath elevated wooden huts with residents outside, Panama. Photograph, 1908. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Panama, 1908.

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1 photograph : photoprint ; image 23 x 19.2 cm

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Coco Grove, Panama, showing open sewers, December, 1908. Original lettering (printed on photograph) is obscured through damage but is printed on attached label and transcribed in pencil on verso

Notes

The American Government funded the renovation of roads and buildings in Panama when the Panama Canal was under construction: this photograph forms part of a 'before' and 'after' series

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Wellcome Collection 561925i

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