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Posted: 13 Oct 2014

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Panama Canal Drawing Book, 1914

Panama Canal Drawing Book, 1914
Advertisement on the back cover of this small children's tracing/coloring book: "The U.S. Fleet goes first through the Big Ditch. Red Rose of Lancaster brand coffee stands first in flavor with all coffee users. It's as 'Fragrant as Its Name.' Roasted, blended, and packed by M. S. Miller Co., Lancaster, Pa....1914, Kaufmann & Strauss Co."

This booklet is an advertising giveaway that commemorated the opening of the Panama Canal (also referred to as the "Big Ditch") in 1914.

See also Santa in an Airship High Over the Panama Canal:

Santa in an Airship High Over the Panama Canal

, Smiley Derleth, Indycaver (Norm), and 2 other people have particularly liked this photo

Comments
 arts enthusiast
arts enthusiast
Your treasures never cease to amaze me!
10 years ago.
Alan Mays club has replied to arts enthusiast
Thanks so much! I'm glad you find them interesting!
10 years ago.
 Indycaver (Norm)
Indycaver (Norm) club
Cool! I saw one of the steam shovels used to dig the canal in Nederland, Colorado a few years back. I hear it's going to be on display soon at the Mint Museum in Charlotte, N.C. They have it on loan for their Panama Canal exhibit.
10 years ago.
Alan Mays club has replied to Indycaver (Norm) club
Thanks! That exhibit sounds like it'll be interesting. I'll have to see if I can track down a copy of the exhibit catalog once it's published.
10 years ago.

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