In this section we are posting photos usually from the early days to the year 2000 when the formal U.S. presence was ended.
Military & PCC (Panama Canal Commission) Housing
Canal
Zone’s pine clapboard housing originally gray with white trim • high
ceilings for air movement • under Zone's quasi-socialist system, while
private businesses & land ownership prohibited, housing was free •
apartment size depended on salary & marital status of employee •
also free: government-furnished power, water, coal for cooking, ice for
iceboxes, lawn care, grounds keeping, garbage disposal & for
bachelors only, maid service • if modified, residents required to
restore apartment to original blueprint dimensions before vacating.
There were 4 basic tropical houses in the Canal Zone area.
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We are looking for PCC and US Armed Forces Panama telephone directory phonebooks to scan to add to our site.
If you have any and would like to donate it, please contact us.
US Armed Forces Telephone Directory Panama Canal 1988
