U.S. National Archives photos from the 1880s
26 photos, in date order. Photos taken by federal employees as part of their duties are US government works and not under copyright. About the collection

Photograph of Chiracahua Apaches Arriving at the Carlisle Indian School
1886

Photograph of Chiracahua Apache Indians After Training at the Carlisle Indian School
1886

Workers on the Interior of the Cut for the French Construction of the Panama Canal
1886

Photograph of building
1887–1940

The Electric Light Plant, La Boca
1887–1940

Floating Equipment: US Steam Tug, "Bolivar," built in 1885 Oil Burning
1887–1940

Gorgas Hospital, CZ (PR)
1887–1940

Colonel George Goethals with Congressional Party, Tivoli Stairs
1887–1940
Four-family Quarters covered with vines, Balboa Hts CZ
1887–1940

Durability of Concrete from Pacific Locks Pedro Miguel Locks, Test Cores showing Rupture Planes (Back View)
1887–1940

Mt Hope Marguerita Pt Road June 1917
1887–1940

Colonel W. C. Gorgas, Chief Sanitary Officer, and His Office Force
1887–1940

Photograph of tent and structures
1887–1940

Photograph of Railroad Tracks at Gatun Locks(?)
1887–1940

Photograph of Ship, Tai Shan
1887–1940

Panama Canal SS "William Penn" - Gaillard Cut
1887–1940

HMS Norfolk, Northbound, Gamboa Signal Station
1887–1940

Panama Canal SS Rushine leaving Miraflores Locks and entering the Lake
1887–1940

Colonel DD Gaillard at Desk
1887–1940

Chart: Admission, Noneffective Death Rate per 1000
1887–1940

The Panama Canal Dredging Division Activities: Naval Aviation Base View looking northward showing completed fill Dipper dredge operating on mole upper left-hand corner
1887–1940

Detail view of bunkering operation showing method of breasting out, and bunkering overall, and inshore side-ports, simultaneously
1887–1940

Panama City - View from Ancon Hill, Looking East (2-Plate Panorama; Plate 2 of 2), 1887
1887

Photograph of Group of Women
1887–1940

Chart: Malarial Rate of Canal Zone, All Cases
1887–1940

Contemporaneous Map of Golden Island and Caledonia
1887–1940 · map