Compiled by Forest P. Monroe, while serving in the U.S. Army in the late 1930's through 1940. Monroe was from Mt. Vernon, Ohio, located just north of Columbus n central Ohio. This 13 1/2 x 9" album has tooled and hand colored worn leather boards with image of a pirate and parrot with tooled inscription title reading Photographs 6th Composite Group Parati Defendere (Latin motto: Ready Defenders), France Field, C.Z. (Panama Canal Zone: France Field was the main U.S. Army military airbase in the canal zone). The album has circa 300 silver print photographs from as large as 8 x 10" to 2 x 3", and includes some wonderful images including a photograph of Charles Lindbergh, taken while he was in the Canal Zone in 1929, likely an unpublished image of him signing something on the engine cover of an airplane with U.S.A. painted on it, dozens of wonderful images of indigenous peoples living in the surrounding jungles, including their houses and villages, hunting parties, canoes, costumes and much more, wonderful photographs of airplane, including some very rare models, airplane crashes and salvage operations, soldier posing on the abandoned locomotives and construction equipment of the failed French attempt to construct the canal, much overgrown with jungle, old Spanish and French forts, covered by jungle growth, military maneuvers in the jungle, President of Panama and cabinet members, many of the wild animals of the jungle and fish caught in the gulf, Cabarets street scenes, U.S.N. airship Akron in Panama canal zone, U.S.S. Constitution while it was passing through the canal, Colon city views, Porta Bello, Mirafores Locks, village of Port-o-Pilone, Atlantic Nite Club in Porta Bello, ruins of old Panama City, bull fights, Balboa city, battleship U.S.S. Mississippi passing through canal, many off duty games, parties and joking image, Darien native images, ladies, armed locals, many fine birds-eye views of towns and cities, and much more. Truly an outstanding and rare collection of early Canal Zone images. Album also contains several inked manuscript pages of text.

Cover somewhat worn, nearly all photos are fine.