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Takes you to museums and historic places. In honor of the 100th anniversary of the panama canal opening, curators presented items from their collection for a special exhibit. Work on the canal began in 1904. Workers came to panama to build it. The canal was not only an engineering feat but a subject of fascination for americans. Who follow the progress of this construction with keen interest. Sheet music was produced about the canal, newspapers published regular updates. And photographers took hundreds of pictures of the construction and the people who lived and worked in the canal zone. My name is juan manuel perez, and im a reference specialist in the hispanic division. Exhibit tries to be a window into the past and to give the people who see it a way to understand the magnitude of the enterprise. It took from 1904 to 1914 for the canal to be finished. There were perhaps over 45,000 workers working at different times. In total, there were about workers from perhaps 40 different count

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