Panama Gallery

Kiss of the Oceans - Atlantic meets Pacific - Panama Canal

The Kiss of the Oceans - The Atlantic meets the Pacific due to the construction of The Panama Canal - A lovely allegorical card relating to this phenomenal engineering project, also bearing full statistics including length, width and cost of the project. Likely to date from the opening of the canal in 1914. Date: circa 1914

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

Entertainment - Miss World 1980 - Empire Ballroom, Leicester Square, London

Contestants for Miss World 1980 lining up at the Empire Ballroom, Leicester Square, London. (back row l-r) Misses Puerto Rico, Singapore, Spain, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, Western Samoa and Zimbabwe. (second from back row l-r) Jamaica, Japan, Jersey, Korea, Lebanon, Lesotho, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru and the Philippines. (second from front row l-r) Germany, Finland, France, Gibraltar, Greece, Guam, Guatemala, Holland, Honduras, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Isle of Man, Israel and Italy. (front row l-r) Misses Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Belgium, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Curacao, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, Ecuador and Denmark

© PA Archive/Press Association Images

Panama Traffic

2nd February 1915: A pair of tugboats pull the SS 'Kroonland' through the Cucaracha slide, heading south along Culebra Cut on the Panama Canal. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

3224943, Boat, Format Landscape, Ship, Tug, Vessel, Water Transp