Item CZYB03
This Item was Sold on 2 August
2012 for $80
Similar artifacts for sale are often found on the Canal
Zone Yearbooks web page.
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This is the 1939 Caribbean yearbook from Cristobal High
School, located on the Atlantic side of the isthmus of the
Panama Canal Zone in the town of Cristobal. This is an over
sized yearbook with the cover dimensions of 13.5 inches X
9.5 inches. The contents include the faculty, seniors and
then every issue of the school's " Trade Wind " publication
from September 1938 through June 1939. The end of the
yearbook has cool ads for familiar places like the Tivoli
Hotel and the United Fruit Company. The " Trade Wind " was a
newspaper covering school and local events including news
about sports, school functions and photos. There is even a
nice photo of the S.S. Panama in the Cristobal docks.
Fascinating reading for anyone who attended Panama Canal
Zone schools. This yearbook was published during the 25th
Anniversary of the openning of the Panama Canal. I was
delighted to find two of my teachers in this yearbook - Mr.
Paul Brown who was the PRincipal when I attended CHS and Mr.
Oswald Jorstad who taught me how to play the Clarinet in
1961. Many of my classmates' parents are listed as seniors
in this yearbook. As expected, the cover face and cover
edges have abrasion and wear. The binding is intact, but
showing signs of distress at the cover interface. The pages
are starting to yellow, but are otherwise in fairly good
condition. A rare and very collectable document about the
history of the Panama Canal Zone.