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Stock #:680497
Type: Postcard
Era: Chrome
City: Fort Amador
Country: Panama
Publisher: Dexter Press Inc.
Postmark: 1951 Feb-8
Postmark City: Howard Air Force Base
Postmark State: CZ
Stamp: 4c
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)

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Headquarters United States Army Caribean. Palm shaded streets in foreground are officers' housing area, facing Pacific Ocean toward Panama City, "Barracks Row" in background built on the banks of the Panama Canal commands impressive daily review of ships of the world entransit the Canal. The Headquarters Building overlooks the parade ground. Fort Amador, named for the first president of the Republic of Panama, is a man-made spit of land at Pacific entrance to the Canal, built from Culebra Cut excavations during Canal construction.

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