Entrance to old fort, Porto Bello, Panama Canal Zone

Refining silver in smelter at the famous mining center of Cerro de Pasco, Peru, S. Amer.

The fort where native chiefs held off the 16th century Spaniards, Cuzco, Peru

A bit of Cathedral Square, Panama

A picturesque corner in the market, native women assorting fruit, Panama City.

Independence Day, city of Panama, November 3, 1909 - Central Avenue

Calle Bolivar, a street in Panama City, Panama

Unique refreshment stand near ruins of Old Panama, Canal Zone

Vultures in Panama harbor, commonly called "Johner[orns?]"

The Flower of the Isthmian troops before the barracks, Panama

North over Gatun locks and sea level entrance to Panama Canal, Atlantic Ocean in the distance

Old Spanish ruins at Old Panama, Canal Zone.

Reviewing American troops, Empire, Panama

Spanish laborers at work in Culebra Cut and loaded train hauling dirt from canal

The S.S. PANAMA in Culebra Cut on Sunday, Feb. 7, 1915 - the first excursion to go through the Panama Canal

Indian dug-outs on the Chagres River, bringing bananas, the chief export of Panama, to Gatun

Front St., Colon, once a river of mud - now paved and made sanitary, Panama

Ave. of Palms, De Lessups Mansions and entrance to the Panama Canal at Colon

View from Cristobal looking along the principal business street of Colon, Canal Zone

Negro woman carrying coal at a penny a basket from lighter to steamer, Cristobal, Panama

Laborers at work on the Panama Canal at the Culebra Cut

Street in old Gorgona, Panama Canal Zone

Tropical fruit growing - papaya

A sugar mill in its most primitive guise, Panama Canal Zone

Laborers rafting spiles for cofferdams, Balboa, Canal Zone

Boy soldiers in the regular Panama Army - contrasted with U.S. officers - part of a frontier guard, Bayano River

On the Bayano River, interior Panama - Indians supplying Panama soldiers at a frontier pass

An up-to-date laundry

Picturesque nipa shaks on stilts - typical country homes of Panay, P.I.

A fish market in Manila, P.I.