Art Resource - AR982439

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Two women in swimsuits beside a swimming pool, Balboa, Panama, 1931.

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Passengers on a Cunard Line cruise to the West Indies, January-March 1931.

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Passengers sunbathing on a Cunard Line cruise to the West Indies, January-March 1931.

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Playing shuffleboard on a Cunard Line cruise to the West Indies, January-March 1931.

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Lock on the Panama Canal, 1931.

Lock on the Panama Canal, 1931. The idea of building a canal between the Atlantic and Pacific was first planned by the French civil engineer and builder of the Suez Canal, Ferdinand de Lesseps. The French began work in 1880, but 9 years later the difficulties posed by the terrain, disease and spiralling costs doomed the project to failure. The United States bought the land in 1904 for $40 million, and proceeded to complete the 80 kilometre long canal between 1904 and 1914. The building of the canal cost the lives of an estimated 25,000 workers due to accidents and tropical diseases. The photograph was taken during a Cunard Line cruise to the West Indies between January and March 1931.

Unique Identifier AR982439

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 3488px × 5006px

Photo Credit HIP / Art Resource, NY

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