Laborers in Panama, 1905

photographic postcard

Photographic postcard; group of men (Gardner Manley identified in blue ballpoint pen as second from right) posed with rifles and shovels in front of tents, possibly members of 7th NY Engineer Regiment on the Panama Canal; handwritten in ink at bottom "A fine bunch of laborers./ At camp with the regiment."; addressed to "Miss Edna L. Seibold/ 82 Prospect Ave/ Buffalo/ N.Y."; postmarked Buffalo, NY, and Peekskill, NY, June 13, 1905; 1 cent US stamp.