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PROPAGANDA POSTCARDS
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Mosquito control through the elimination of mosquito areas, especially near dwellingsand work sites, proved to be the key to curbing the malaria and yellow fever problemsthat originally plagued, and even halted for a time, construction of the Panama Canal.The postcards shown here and in other sections of the handbook are examples of themany cards issued to call attention to the mosquito control measures employed.
Cancel: unusedPrinter:Image: photo by Thomas J. Marine,
Panama CityNotes: a thin film of oil on the water
prevents mosquito larvae frommaturing
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Cancel: unusedPrinter: I. L. Maduro, Jr., PanamaImage: as #1: colorizedNotes:Price: D
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Cancel: Gisborne, New Zealand: March10, 1919
Printer: Vibert & Dixon, PanamaImage:Notes: as #2: different printer; descrip-
tive text added to reversePrice: E
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Cancel: unusedPrinter: Vibert & Dixon, PanamaImage: dripping oil into ditch to prevent
mosquitoes from hatchingNotes:Price: D
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Cancel: Empire. C.Z.: September 12,1913
Printer: Vibert & Dixon, PanamaImage: dripping oil into ditch to prevent
mosquitoes from hatchingNotes: as #3: used, with content about
sanitation, flies, and mosquitoesPrice: E
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Cancel: Gisborne, New Zealand: March10, 1919
Printer: Vibert & Dixon, PanamaImage: as #3: colorizedNotes: descriptive text added to reversePrice: E
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Cancel: unusedNotes: as #4: printer information added
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Cancel: unusedNotes: as #4A: red text added to reversePrice: E
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Cancel: Las Cascadas, CZ: February 10,1909
Printer: Isthmian & PRR News AgencyImage: photo by A. BienkowskiNotes: spraying insecticide on interior
walls of homes could kill adultmosquitoes that rested on them
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