Would Not Arrest This Kind of ScorchingJuly 6, 1905 Isthmian Canal Commission chairman Theodore Shon
Would Not Arrest This Kind of ScorchingJuly 6, 1905 Isthmian Canal Commission chairman Theodore Shonts and his engineer John Stevens run the automated Canal Machine (A car with several shovels and equipment attached) past policeman Uncle Sam. The caption reads “When Mr. Shonts gets to Panama he can scorch on his machine all he pleases and the policeman won’t say a word.” Shonts had been arrested for speeding before traveling to Panama.See Also: Panama CanalFrom Hennepin County LibraryOriginal available at: https://digitalcollections.hclib.org/digital/collection/Bart/id/5825 -- source link
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