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Panama Canal construction
Submitted by korm on Thu, 06/21/2007 - 4:56pm.
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Viewing the Panama Canal locks under construction
Submitted by korm on Thu, 06/21/2007 - 4:55pm.
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Panama Canal Crane
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Martinez Bass Club used by Coast Guard During WWII
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Family musicians
Submitted by dougjarv on Wed, 06/20/2007 - 1:21pm.
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Taken on a rural Alberta homestead. The musicians are brothers one of which is my grandfather. Picture would have been taken in the late 1930's or early 1940's.
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