Territories and possessions

Two ships pass through the Gatun Lock, Panama Canal. Photo taken from Gatun Locks Control Tower. Secretary of the Army Frank Pace was aboard one of the ships, the survey boat "Wolcott."

Herbert D. Vogel (left), Lieutenant Governor of the Canal Zone Government, and Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (right) are aboard the survey boat "Wolcott" as they navigate the Panama Canal.

From left to right: Rafael Pico, member of the Caribbean Commission; Mrs. Ann Chapman; Governor of Puerto Rico Jesus Pinero; and Under Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman at a cocktail party at the Carlton Hotel given by Charles W. and Ruth Taussig (not pictured) for representatives of the U.S. territorial governments and members of the Caribbean Commission. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman (third from left), James Chapman (in front of Mrs. Chapman) and others pose for a group picture during the Chapmans trip to Hawaii. Also pictured: Oren E. Long, Territorial Governor of Hawaii (second from right); and Geneva (Mrs. Oren) Long (left). All others unidentified.

Left to right: Tom Vance; Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman; and Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman tour Kulani work camp on the island of Hawaii.

Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (foreground, crouched) pushes a hoe into one of the garden beds at Kulani work camp in Hawaii. Also pictured: Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman (background, second from left); and Tom Vance (background, right). All others unidentified.

A large group greets Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman and family as they exit an airplane at the Hilo Airport in Hilo, Hawaii. Pictured: Secretary Chapman (sixth from left); Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman (seventh from left); James Chapman (behind donkey); and Oren E. Long, Territorial Governor of Hawaii (standing, fourth from right). All others unidentified.

William J. Dougherty, Director of Information, Department of the Interior (second from left), Governor Oren Long (center), and Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (second from right) with unidentified men at the Haleakala Observatory in Haleakala National Park, Maui, Hawaii.

Left to right: Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman; James Chapman (in front of Mrs. Chapman); James Kealoha, Chairman of the County Board of Supervisors, Hawaii County, Hawaii; and Oren E. Long, Territorial Governor of Hawaii, as they stand in front of an airplane after the arrival of Secretary Chapman and family in Hilo, Hawaii.