Panama Directories

Panama Directories

White Pages Directory
You can search for individuals in a White Pages directory using two surnames, two given names, and the city.

Panama Paginas Blancas.

Yellow Pages Directory
Panama Paginas Amarillas

Panama City Street Directories
The Panama city directories facilitate searching for individuals or businesses established in the Isthmus at the time of publication. The directories include names, addresses and some photographs. These directories are available from the National Library of Panama digtal collection.

1898 National Directory of the City of Panama
Authored by Francisco Posada: General Directory of the City of Panama and historical and geographical summary. Includes historical highlights from the discovery of Panama until 1831. History, geography, commerce, industries, agriculture, biographies of important citizens. The book is in Spanish and has no index. Click this link to download four PDF files: http://www.binal.ac.pa/buscar/cldetalle.php?id=72&amp;from=l

1900 Directory
TBD

Panama in 1915
This bilingual street directory, published in 1915, was modeled after the Blue Book of Panama. It contains similar material but not as extensive; there is no index. The articles primarily deal with history. It has many commercial ads plus many photos of prominent women from that time.

The Blue Book of Panama (1916-1917)
This bilingual publicity book was supported by the United Fruit Company as a means to attracting overseas investors to Panama. It contains articles on history, biographies and photos. It has commercial ads and a very general index.

1926 Directory
TBD

1998 Directory
TBD