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.
- Date:
- 1910
- Reference:
- 565940i
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Description
The American Government funded the renovation of roads and buildings and general sanitary works in Panama while the Panama Canal was under construction
Publication/Creation
1910
Physical description
1 photograph : photoprint ; sheet 21.6 x 17.6 cm
Lettering
Burning grass from side of ditch. Crude oil used as fuel. Miraflores, Canal Zone, June 1910
Reference
Wellcome Collection 565940i
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