THE PANAMA CANAL 100 YEARS AGO: Illustrated with 100 colorized photographs, history and family stories (1920)

How was the Panama Canal 100 years ago? This question was the starting point of this book, which originally was only going to be colorized photos of the Panama Canal and associated activities. As I progressed in my work, I decided to mention other topics that occurred 100 years ago such as world events, Panama Canal information and activities, the largest strike in Canal history, a bit of the Hernández legacy, Ernest Hallen photographs, film colorization, and others.In April 1920, the Spanish Flu ended with an estimated seventeen million to fifty million dead. It would be the last global pandemic until the dawn of the Coronavirus of December 2019. As of today, December 31, 2020, 1.82 million people have died worldwide, 353,751 in the United States, and 3,975 in Panama (https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/).100 years ago, annual reports were published for fiscal years ending June 30. Only the Fiscal Year 1920 Annual Report of the Governor of the Panama Canal was included in chapter one. As of July 1920, much of the documentary value of the annual reports was lost since all the detailed information of the Departments and Divisions was not printed neither illustrations nor photos.