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Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty: Media

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Canal Zone, Panama
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John Hay
U.S. Secretary of State John Hay, c. 1860–65.
Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C (2001697069)
Phillippe-Jean Bunau-Varilla
French engineer Philippe-Jean Bunau-Varilla, on January 19, 1924.
George Grantham Bain Collection/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (digital. id. cph 3f06238)