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This postcard looks over a portion of a canal connected to the Divette River towards Mount Roule. A large fortress can be seen on top of the mountain.
1910-12
This postcard shows a colorized view looking straight down one of Ceylon’s canals. The canal is bordered by walkways, which people stroll down, and beyond that thick trees and tropical vegetation. A raft with people and goods is poled down the canal.
1908
The Colombo Apothecaries Co., Ltd.; Myers, Charles C. (Charles Cleveland), 1879-1942
This postcard shows a view of a drainage canal, which the card titles “Mangrove Avenue.” Charles C. Myers notes that he was near this place on February 19, 1911 while riding around Rio de Janeiro in an automobile.
1911
Photograph showing a flag-draped boat on a canal in Delft, Netherlands.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1910
Newspaper clipping of cartoon showing Theodore Roosevelt deepening the Mississippi River with a shovel. In the background Uncle Sam is digging the Panama canal and a man labeled Germany says “Der selfish pig vas goin’ ter make use of das canal himself aldreaty yet!”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1907
The Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal’s waterway develops horsepower sold at a reasonable price and removes sewage. Whereas, in Buffalo, New York, sewage from the Niagara front pollutes Lake Erie and the Niagara River. The Erie and Ontario Sanitary Canal Company proposes building a waterway similar to Chicago. Millard F. Bowen, President of the Company, further discusses plans for the canal and its benefits. The final page includes a diagram of the proposed waterway.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-27
Poultney Bigelow compares the challenges Ferdinand de Lesseps faced constructing the Suez Canal to those of the Panama Canal. He argues that real-estate ownership among canal officials is responsible for the crowded, unsanitary conditions of Colon and that the government has failed in its administration of the canal zone.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09
President Roosevelt walks toward a “canal ‘scandal'” jack-in-the-box with his big stick in his hands. Uncle Sam puts his hand on Roosevelt’s right shoulder. Caption: Uncle Sam–“There’s no need of getting excited, Theodore.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-12-16
A list of how each Senator voted for a lock canal.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906
Color postcard with various inset illustrations of Theodore Roosevelt and associated scenes. The front of the card also contains a rhyme promoting the possibility of a third term as President.
1907-1912
Theodore P. Shonts, chairman of the Isthmian Canal Commission has reviewed the documents chief engineer John F. Stevens sent regarding proposals to complete construction on the Panama Canal. In addition to his more detailed written response, Shonts telegrammed Stevens concerning several points primarily concerning contractor duties.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-18
Theodore Roosevelt describes how the United States has always looked with particular interest at the isthmus connecting North and South America. He also describes the conflict that occurred in Cuba and the Philippines. The role of the military was gradually replaced by civil authorities.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-08-22
Compilation film revealing the story of Panama Canal construction, which Theodore Roosevelt considered one of his most valuable contributions to foreign affairs. This portion of the film details the need for building the canal, and the early attempts to do so, and includes many still images and maps, in addition to the film clips.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
1927
llustration shows Samuel J. Randall seated at one end of a gondola and William D. Kelley standing at the other end calling out “to the Protection Minotaur of Pennsylvania”, between them are several maiden women labeled “Louisiana, California, Illinois, New York, Georgia, Mass, [and] Indiana” who are to be sacrificed to the Minotaur. A banner hanging on the wall states “Pennsylvania First Last and All the Time”. At the opening in the wall is a relief of a minotaur’s head labeled “Pennsylvania.” After a painting by Ernest Augustin Gendron titled “The Tribute to the Minotaur.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1885-12-02
Commemorative first day cover postmarked on the USS Charleston with three-cent “25th Anniversary Panama Canal” United States postage stamp in right corner. Reverse of envelope has an illustration of the Empire State Building as the world’s tallest building.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1939-08-15
Governor Roosevelt addresses General Johnson’s inquiry regarding fraud and the canals of New York, and defends himself of criticism he has received by Democrats and for his association with Senator Thomas Collier Platt. Roosevelt feels that his previous two years of public service speak for themselves, but that he is unsure of his political future other than the only position he absolutely does not desire is the Vice Presidency. Lastly, Roosevelt comments on the Boer War and the British handling of the situation.
1900-02-26
Theodore Roosevelt discusses the United States’s involvement in the Spanish-American War and its ongoing commitment to the new republic of Cuba in his 1910 speech at the Nobel Peace Committee Dinner. Roosevelt also describes other incidents of U.S. intervention.
1910-05-05
Governor Roosevelt has had difficulty promoting the unification bill. He believes that Frederick William Holls’s work will “stand just exactly as General F. V. Greene’s will” and that both unification and the canal will be achieved. Expressing the hope that the canal treaty is dead, Roosevelt questions how anyone can support it. He hopes that Holls will regain his health soon.
1900-02-26
Governor Roosevelt discusses “the unification business,” a legislative effort to reorganize the school system of the state of New York, noting that one issue is which group should elect the chancellor. Roosevelt also mentions that the “administration and the machine” are disturbed by his published statement about the canal treaty.
1900-02-15
Admiral Coghlan writes to Secretary of the Navy Moody, briefly describing the trails and canals located on the north coast of Panama.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-01