Description: Picturesque Panama (1928)The Panama Canal and The Panama Railroad This is the book Picturesque Panama by Jean Sadler Heald, published in 1928. The book is profusely illustrated with photos of Panama, the Canal, and the building of the Railroad. It was designed, as stated on the introduction page, to be an accurate and faithful guide to Panama and a breif story fo the Panama Railroad and the great Panama Canal.There is information for 1928 tourists - trains, roads, ocean transport, postal, cables, currency, banks, and shops. There are at least 125 black/white pictures. Examples are pics of Modern Colon, Hotel Washington, Harbor, Panama Railroad Docks, Gilbert House, Cristobal Coaling STation, Mount Hope Cemetery, Gatun, Gatun Locks and Spillway, HMS Renown at Gatun Lake (Duke & Duchess of York aboard), Chagres River Bridge, various military leaders, Miraflores Locks, Fort Clayton, Balboa, Banyan Trees, Pacific Terminal, Powell Orchid Garden, Quarry Heights, Dove Orchid, Ancon HIll, Ruins of Old Panama, Pahama Hospital, Central Avenue, Madame Chiari, Ruins of Santo Domingo Churc, Taborga, Teddy Roosevelt, Native Cayaco Passing at Lock Gate, USS Colorado, SS Manchuria, USS Nevada, etc.This book's owner inscribed the front endpaper, John Quinn, U.S.S. Tennessee. The Tennessee was a U.S. Naval battleship put into service in 1917 and retired in 1959. The ship spent many years as part of the Pacific fleet, traveling at times through the Panama Canal, and was damaged at Pearl Harbor.This book is in very good for its age. The cover has good retention of gilt titles. There is a small tear to the litho. There is wear at head/tail of spine and light wear at the corners. The outer and inner hinges are intact. All pages are present and bound. The illustrations are very nice. The pages are very good. There are no dog ears, page tears or internal writing.There are 126 numbered pages and a fabulous foldout map. We ship on the next business day after purchase and we maintain an excellent ebay customer satisfaction rating. Please check out our other ebay antiques, fine collectables, and our rare antiquarian book selection. Thank you for shopping with us. Please make us a favorite ebay seller and come again! GardenNut01 Mindy & JackNote: We search high and wide for interesting items and we do our best to package these items well and ship promptly. If you experience problems with your order(s), please contact us through ebay's "contact seller" feature. We will do what we can to make everything right!
Price: 24 USD
Location: Dayton, Ohio
End Time: 2024-11-30T18:33:48.000Z
Shipping Cost: 5.38 USD
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Restocking Fee: 10%
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Year Printed: 1926
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Travel
Binding: Cloth
Author: Jean Sandler Heald
Subject: History
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Publisher: Curt Teich & Company
Place of Publication: Philadelphia
Special Attributes: Illustrated
