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Building a bomb shelter
We know this photograph was taken at the Balboa Flats in 1942. Did a lot of families in the Canal Zone do this? What can you tell us about living in the CZ during World War II? Please share with us in the comments section below!
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Union Sunday School
This photograph was taken in Culebra in 1911. What can you tell us about your Sunday school experience in the Canal Zone? Please share with us in the comments section below!
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Caribbean Girls State 1954
What can you tell us about this photograph? What was Caribbean Girls State? Do you recognize anyone in this photograph? Please share with us in the comments section below!
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Oral traditions and long family histories, part 2 (the James Family)
As we already saw in the previous post, in Act II of the play Threads of Silver and Gold: Women of the Panama Canal by Deborah B. Dickey, two families with multigenerational histories are sharing their experiences. In both cases a grandmother shares her recollections with a granddaughter while an older (deceased) relative supplies monologues that recount their family history from the early Construction days. We look forward to reading your reflections on the material below and on your own family history. Here, we see three generations of the James Family. The grandmother is sewing in preparation for an annual ceremony to honor the workers who built the Panama Canal;…
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Oral traditions and long family histories, part 1 (the Harrison Family)
In Act II of the play Threads of Silver and Gold: Women of the Panama Canal by Deborah B. Dickey, we see two families with multigenerational histories in the Canal Zone sharing their experiences. In both cases a grandmother shares her recollections with a granddaughter, while an older (deceased) relative supplies monologues that recount their family history from the early Construction days. We will share some scenes in two different posts that reflect the conversations of the two families, and look forward to reading your comments! First, we see four generations of Harrison Family women. The family is in the midst of conducting an oral history interview to record Grandma Harrison’s…
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Threads of Silver and Gold–a few cast photos from the performance
After a terrific debut of the new play, Threads of Silver and Gold: Women of the Panama Canal, written and directed by Deborah B. Dickey, it seems appropriate to kick things off for a post-performance online discussion with just a few images of the actors at work. Their sensitive portrayals of the characters really brought life and energy to a story already rich in history, triumph, and profoundly meditative moments. Carol Velasques-Richardson reading the part of a West Indian woman in Act I: Carolyne Salt reading the part of Kay during Act I: Carol Velasques-Richardson (left) reacting to Kathy Byrne during one of her British woman monologues from Act I: The performance opened…
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BHS Parakeet Staff
We know this photograph was taken at Albrook AFB in 1955. What can you tell us about the BHS Parakeet staff? Were you a part of the staff? Can you identify anyone in this photograph? Please share with us in the comments section below!
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Conference of Students BHS & CHS in Margarita
Unfortunately we do not have a lot of information on this object. Help us add more! What was the occasion for this conference? Do you recognize anyone in this photograph? When might this photograph have been taken? Please share with us in the comments section below!
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Santa Ana Church and Park
We know this image originates from the 1910s. Where in Panama City is this church located? Have you gone to this church before? Please share with us in the comments section below!
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Post-Performance Discussion
Welcome to the post-performance discussion space for Threads of Silver and Gold: Women of the Panama Canal Playwright and director Deborah B. Dickey has created a play in honor of the 100th anniversary of the Panama Canal. Threads of Silver and Gold: Women of the Panama Canal looks at the role of women who arrived from the West Indies, England and the United States during the construction period of the canal. Full of heroism and striving, the play celebrates the pioneering women who left behind family to face enormous challenges as they witnessed the realization of the 400-year-old dream to join the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The inaugural performance of…
