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Cheering for the Team
Yet another great sports find! This Cristobal High School cheerleader uniform’s colors are still so vivid. We have some digitized cheers from Balboa High School, what would CHS game attendees cheer back?
Cristobal High School Cheer Uniform, 2011.999.285, Panama Canal Museum Collection, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida.
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Physical Education Rompers
Does this familiar attire bring back memories of Canal Zone P.E. class? After speaking with some members of the Friends of the PCMC, rompers seem to be making a comeback—-in male fashion! Would you wear one again? Thanks Peggy Huff for the hilarious article link!
The Male Romper Has Come to Claim Your Masculinity. Enjoy It.
Cristobal High School Gym Uniform, 2011.999.283, Panama Canal Museum Collection, George A. Smathers Library, University of Florida 
Cristobal High School Girls, Miss J.J. Banichar, Physical Education Teacher, March 1944. PCM Link You May Also Like
Cheering for the Team
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Are You Game?: A Mini Exhibit
Balboa Playground Summer Archery, Age 8-11, 1950. ufdc.ufl.edu/PCMI006932 The Panama Canal Museum Collection team will be coming to the Panama Canal Society Reunion in July in Orlando and we hope to see you there! We will be presenting the mini exhibit, Are You Game? on sports and recreation in the Canal Zone. Photographs from the digital collection (ufdc.ufl.edu/pcm) will be accompanied by quotes from the Zonian community. These firsthand accounts were obtained from the Panama and the Canal Oral History Project (ufdc.ufl.edu/ohpcm) as well as from this blog. The UF team is pumped to attend the reunion and hear your sports related stories. Look forward to seeing the 1938 Paramount Pictures short film Red, White and Blue Champions which captures the mind-boggling dives performed by the Canal Zone youth. Did any of you participate in this troupe or take a dip in the Canal? We would love to hear about it!
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Updates and Introductions
Hello all! I’m Liz Bouton and I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself. I have been working with the Panama Canal Museum Collection since August 2016, and curated the Between Two Oceans exhibit with assistance from Jessica Marcetti and Lourdes Santamaría-Wheeler in the Albert H. Nahmad Panama Canal Gallery, George A. Smathers Libraries.
I am a Museum Studies MA graduate student here at the University of Florida, concentrating in anthropology. I love historic collections, and the PCMC items offer a chance to explore a community history and present it to the UF students and faculty through relevant courses and exhibits.For those who do not know, Jessica, the previous Collections Coordinator of PCMC, had accepted a wonderful museum position in her home state this past November. We miss her here very much, but she has been thriving in her current position and keeps in touch. Due to the transition of personnel and exhibition planning, the blog has taken the back burner, but it is now time to get it up and running again. This blog is a vital source for collecting metadata on PCMC items, as well as a way to preserve community history through your stories. I look forward to learning from you and your experiences in the Canal Zone, so keep an eye out for a post on an upcoming mini exhibit and item of the day soon to come!
All my best,
Liz
