urn:taro:utexas.blac.00181 I.L. Maduro Jr. Photograph Collection, c.1904-1914 Benson Latin American Collection University of Texas Libraries, 2006 Finding aid encoded by Christian Kelleher, CA, May 2006Finding aid written inEnglish. Descriptive Summary Maduro, I.L. I.L. Maduro Jr. Photograph Collection c.1904-1914 English N/A 99 prints Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin Photographic prints of Panama during the canal excavation. Scope and Contents Note

Black-and-white postcard-type photographic prints showing Panama during the time of the construction of the canal, with scenes from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Each print is marked as copyrighted to I.L. Maduro, Jr. The photographs were removed from a black Eastman Kodak Co. album for preservation purposes; their original order was maintained in the number sequence. Numbers printed on the back of each print (e.g. "86B") are listed in brackets after the item description.

The collection was a gift to the Benson Collection by Harry H. Hughes of Austin, whose grandfather J.W. Underwood worked on the Canal. It includes a service pin awarded to Mr. Underwood "for two years continuous service on the Panama Canal," and employee tag #49971.

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Unrestricted.

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Standard copyright restrictions apply.

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Cite as: I.L. Maduro Jr. Photograph Collection, Benson Latin American Collection, University of Texas Libraries, the University of Texas at Austin.

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The I.L. Maduro Jr. Photograph Collection is classified under the following Subject Headings in the University of Texas Libraries catalog:

Panama Canal (Panama)--History--Pictorial works Panama--Description and travel--Photographs Document Types Photographs Box and Folder Inventory Colon 111. Toro Point Lighthouse, Colon (where the breakwater is being built) 12. Christ Church, Colon 13. New Government Building, Colon [34B] 14. Street and Catholic Church, Colon [98B] 15. Front Street, Colon (railroads) 16. Front Street (telephone poles, lines on the left) [20B] 17. Fifth Street and railroad station, Colon [7B] 18. Bolivar Street, Colon [76B] 19. Bolivar Street and Imperial Hotel [52B] 110. Imperial Hotel and Front Street [50B] 111. Washington Hotel Porto Bello 1212. YMCA, Porto Bello, Panama 113. General view of old Porto Bello showing old Spanish forts, Panama 1Water front, Panama (Caribbean side?) Canal Zone 1315. Atlantic entrance to the Canal and the statue of Columbus, Cristobal [12B] 116. Atlantic entrance to the canal, Cristobal [47B] 117. Railroad boat "Panama" arriving at Cristobal [63B] 118. Unloading a ship-load of lumber for the canal at Cristobal [75B] 119. Canal head offices at Cristobal (2 copies) [9B] 120. General offices, at Cristobal [] 121. Second Street, Cristobal [33B] 122. Third Street, Cristobal [73B] 123. You Men's Christian Association, Cristobal (2 copies) [79B] 124. COLON: Canal hospital 125. Native village at Gatun and Chagres River [21B] 126. The site where the dam is going to be built at Gatun [58B] 127. Showing site for the dam at Gatun [23B] 128. The dam under construction, Gatun [3B] 129. Street scene, Gatun [70B] 130. Gatun, street scene (two-story housing) [32B] 131. Old church at Gatun (2 copies) [36B] 132. Town of San Pablo showing ICC Hotel [74B] 133. A dirt spreader, one of the useful machines being used by the ICC, San Pablo [92B] 134. The machine shops at Gorgona [16B] 135. Main Square, Gorgona [26B] 136. Main Street, Gorgona [81B] 137. Street scene, Gorgona (fire hydrant) [35B] 138. Street scene, Gorgona [68B] 139. Gorgona: Avenue A, with Zone post office in the foreground [65B] 140. Bas Obispo: Marine Camp, Camp Elliott [] 141. Las Cascadas: Engine sheds and town of Las Cascadas [60B] 142. Italian and Spanish laborers at Las Cascadas [27B] 143. Bird's eye view of Empire [83B] 144. American Hotel, Empire [4B] 145. Main street, Empire [45B] 146. Empire: Canal Zone Post Office [85B] 147. Empire: Machine shops [5B] 148. Culebra: YMCA Building 149. Culebra Cut: looking towards Panama, Panama Canal [5C] 150. Culebra Cut: looking towards Colon [4C] 151. Culebra Cut: latest view, looking south [3C] 152. Culebra Cut: showing Gold Hill [15B] 153. Culebra Cut: at Rio Grande [69B] 154. Paraiso: Bird's eye view of the town of Paraiso [37B] 155. Pedro Miguel: the canal cut at Pedro Miguel, C.Z. (2 copies) [6B] Panama City 1456. Cathedral Plaza from City Hall, Panama 157. Cathedral Plaza and Bishop's Palace [13B] 158. Cathedral Park, Panama 159. Central Park 160. Central Avenue and Sta. Ana Park 161. Sta. Anna Church [97B] 162. Government Palace [90B] 163. National Theatre 164. Plaza Sta. Anna (2 copies) [61B] 165. Sta. Anna Park and 13th Street [78B] 166. Central Avenue (young boy on curb steps) [87B] 167. Central Avenue - Le Palais Royal, Calle 9a. [77B] 168. Central Avenue (the main thoroughfare, showing horse-drawn carriages) [67B] 169. Central Avenue (children playing in the street) [39B] 170. Main Street, Panama 171. Main Street, from the opposite direction 172. Avenue B, a narrow street 173. Market Street [14B] 174. Entrance to Ancon Hospital, Panama 175. Ancon Hospital (2 copies) 176. Ancon Hospital 177. Ancon Hospital, with royal palms, Canal Zone 178. Canal Administration Bldg. at Ancon 179. Bull Fight, Panama 180. Bull Fight, Panama 181. Bull fight, Baseball Grounds 182. Bay of Panama 183. Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal at Balboa [2C] 184. Entrance to the Canal at La Boca, Panama [53B] 185. Old ancient church [84B] 186. Old vaults in cemetary, Panama City 187. Sanatorium at Taboga (at one time a hotel) 188. Hotel Tivoli [22B] 189. Banana plantation - Panama 190. Some beautiful palms 191. The cactus plant 192. Chorrera Falls, Panama Other 15Unidentified group of men in military uniform, at train station [] 1Service pin and employee tag Enrique Jaramillo Levi Photographs

Photographs of the Panama Canal Zone during construction, 1911-1916, from Enrique Jaramillo Levi. Photos are stored here because of their common subject with the Maduro photographs.

 161. Gatún Upper Locks, looking north, 15 May 1911 [517-L] 12. Culebra Cut, looking north, between Contractor's Hill and Gold Hill, June 1911 [38-L] 13. Gaillard Cut at deepest excavation section of Canal between Gold and Contractor's Hills, June 1913 14. Opening of the Panama Canal; S.S. Ancón passing Cucaracha slide, looking north, 15 August 1914 [80-A] 15. Construction of reinforced concrete pontoons. Erection of reinforcing, 22 January 1916 [9.5-M]