Smith, William Thomas (1919-1978); Smith, Mary Louise (née Mason) (1925-?). Album of Over 390 Original and Studio Gelatin Silver Photographs Showing Panama (US Navy Shore Patrol, a Naval Banquet, Portraits of Shore Patrol Officers; Boating on the Panama Canal; Portraits of Indigenous Panamanians; Panamanian Cities (Colon, Cristobal, Balboa, etc.)), an Inspection of the Fifth Naval District Shore Patrol (Virginia), Shooting Range Practice for the US Secret Service Uniformed Force Pistol Team, etc. Ca. 1940s.
[Hallen, Ernest “Red”] (1875-1947). Interesting Collection of Twenty-Nine Loose Original Gelatin Silver Photos of Construction and Maintenance of Panama Canal by the U.S. Administration in ca. 1906-1916, Taken by the Official Photographer of the Isthmian Canal Commission, Ernest Hallen, Including Early Images of Camacho Reservoir and U.S. Surveyors at the Culebra Cut in 1906, Panamanian Prisoners Constructing a Road in the Canal Zone in 1910, Sunken U.S. Steamer “Newport” in the Port of Balboa in 1912, One of the Earliest Test Voyages in the Canal by Steamer “Advance” (August 9, 1914), Several Scenes of Excavations of Landslides in the Culebra/Gaillard Cut in 1915-1916, After the Official Opening of the Canal, and Several Views of Panama City, the Port of Cristobal, &c. Ca. 1900s-1910s.
Boren, Estelle G. (later Mastroeni, Alacqua) (1920-2010). Album of Over 300 Gelatin Silver Photographs Showing Trinidad (Port-au-Spain, North Manzanilla, Mayaro, Toco, Street Scenes, etc.), Puerto Rico (San Juan—Roosevelt Tower, Castillo San Felipe del Morro, Normandie Hotel, Banco Popular de Puerto Rico, Street Scenes; Carioca Rum Factory), etc. Ca. 1943-1955.
Interesting Album with ca. 260 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of the Caribbean, Taken and Collected during a Cruise of S.S. “Moltke” with Amateur Snapshot and Studio Photos of Destruction of St. Pierre (Martinique) after the Eruption of Mount Pelee in May 1902, and Lively Views of Havana (Cuba), Charlotte Amalie (Saint Thomas), San Juan (Puerto Rico), Fort-de-France (Martinique), Nassau (Bahamas), Portraits of the Locals and Tourists, &c. Ca. early 1910s.
Historically Significant Album with 46 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs and About 50 Pieces of Ephemera, Taken and Collected by an American Tourist During Two Wartime Cruises to the West Indies aboard SS Nieuw Amsterdam and MS Kungsholm, Featuring Lively Vernacular Scenes of Port-au-Prince (Cockfight, Open-Air Markets, Street Vendors, Thatched Houses, City Hall with Haitian Flag, Capitol View), Kenscoff (Panoramic Bay Views), Havana (Travelers at Morro Castle, Columbus Cathedral, Gran Casino, Cemetery, Spreckels Tomb), Nassau (Market Scenes), etc.; titled: Photographs. Ca. 1940-1941.
Bond, Frances Eileen Berkswell. Album with over a Hundred Original Photographs Compiled During Two Cruises: a 1931-1932 World Cruise on RMS “Empress of Britain” Showing Jerusalem, Cairo, Bombay, Colombo, Batavia, Bangkok, Beijing, the Great Wall of China, Japan, Hawaii, Panama Canal, and others; and a 1934 Cruise around the Caribbean, Showing Nassau, Jamaica, Colon in Panama, Cartagena, La Guaira in Venezuela, Trinidad, Barbados and others; Titled: World Cruise. From Monaco to Southampton. December 15th 1931 – April 16th 1932. Q.S.T.S. “Empress of Britain;” Cruise to the West Indies. From Southampton to Southampton. January 27th – March 8th 1934. R.M.S. “Homeric.” 1931-1934.