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10 for 10 – week 8
This is week eight of our 10 FOR 10 campaign to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Panama Canal Museum Collection’s (PCMC) arrival at the University of Florida!
Once a week for ten weeks we will post an oral history clip to the blog. We hope you will enjoy them and that at least one or two of the stories inspire some memories.
This week we selected a clip of Bill McLaughlin – he talks about his favorite beach and the construction era town of Gorgona
Moving buildings in sections. Partitions loaded onto flat cars ready to be moved. Gorgona, C.Z. 1913, 2014.160.17 Interview with Bill McLaughlin, 2020, http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00081345/00001 The goal is to raise $10,000 during the ten weeks to support the PCMC oral history program. If you are interested in donating, please visit https://pcmc.uflib.ufl.edu/oralhistory/ or contact John Nemmers, jnemmers@ufl.edu, (352) 273-2766. View our Celebrating Ten Years Booklet. Contact Betsy Bemis, ehbemis@ufl.edu, if you are interested in doing an oral history interview.
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10 for 10 – week 7
Happy Thanksgiving Week!
This is week seven of our 10 FOR 10 campaign to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Panama Canal Museum Collection’s (PCMC) arrival at the University of Florida!
Once a week for ten weeks we will post an oral history clip to the blog. We hope you will enjoy them and that at least one or two of the stories inspire some memories.
This week we selected a clip from the Bremer family. In addition to Thanksgiving, this week is certain to be full of football for many people so we picked a clip about football games in the Canal Zone.
Click this link if you are interested in reading Thanksgiving recipes from the Panama Canal Review, November 1969, http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00097366/00045
Thanksgiving, Panama, 1909, II.2022.80.3, Gift of Barbara Daniels 
Back of the photograph of Thanksgiving in Panama in 1909, II.2022.80.3. It reads: “Thanksgiving ’09 Panama. The preacher. only half the table shows. There were eleven in all.” The name at the bottom is difficult to read. Possibly “The Stewarts”. What do you think?
Interview with the Bremer Family, 2010, http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00013365/00001 The goal is to raise $10,000 during the ten weeks to support the PCMC oral history program. If you are interested in donating, please visit https://pcmc.uflib.ufl.edu/oralhistory/ or contact John Nemmers, jnemmers@ufl.edu, (352) 273-2766. View our Celebrating Ten Years Booklet. Contact Betsy Bemis, ehbemis@ufl.edu, if you are interested in doing an oral history interview.
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10 for 10 – week 6
This is week six of our 10 FOR 10 campaign to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Panama Canal Museum Collection’s (PCMC) arrival at the University of Florida!
Once a week for ten weeks we will post an oral history clip to the blog. We hope you will enjoy them and that at least one or two of the stories inspire some memories.
This week we selected a clip from Ricardo Cox – he tells a story about riding his bike and how once it ended up in the Canal.
Interview with Ricardo Cox, 2020, http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00081797/00001 The goal is to raise $10,000 during the ten weeks to support the PCMC oral history program. If you are interested in donating, please visit https://pcmc.uflib.ufl.edu/oralhistory/ or contact John Nemmers, jnemmers@ufl.edu, (352) 273-2766. View our Celebrating Ten Years Booklet. Contact Betsy Bemis, ehbemis@ufl.edu, if you are interested in doing an oral history interview.
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10 for 10 – week 5
This is week five of our 10 FOR 10 campaign to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Panama Canal Museum Collection’s (PCMC) arrival at the University of Florida!
Once a week for ten weeks we will post an oral history clip to the blog. We hope you will enjoy them and that at least one or two of the stories inspire some memories.
This week we selected a clip from Lou Womack – she talks about her family building the El Rancho and her early memories there. According to Lou, the El Rancho opened on November 8, 1934 – 88 years ago tomorrow!
We are also currently working with Lou to preserve her extensive writings about growing up in the Canal Zone, and to document the life story of her uncle Marty who worked at the El Rancho and supported the U.S. troops stationed at the Canal during World War II. The photos below were selected from the materials that she has shared with us.
Lou Womack Interview, 2021, http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00087674/00001 The goal is to raise $10,000 during the ten week to support the PCMC oral history program. If you are interested in donating, please visit https://pcmc.uflib.ufl.edu/oralhistory/ or contact John Nemmers, jnemmers@ufl.edu, (352) 273-2766. View our Celebrating Ten Years Booklet. Contact Betsy Bemis, ehbemis@ufl.edu, if you are interested in doing an oral history interview.
The Womack family also owned Agewood Bourbon Whiskey Distillery in Panama. Did anyone ever drink it? Do you still have a bottle?
