Title
Album 1 Panama, 1949 : includes photographs of Wetmore, Watson M. Perrygo, Richard H. Stewart, Matthew Williams Stirling, Marion Illg Stirling, and James Zetek
Title Variants
Alternative:
Panama, 1949
Related Titles
Contained In:
Alexander Wetmore Papers, circa 1848-1979 and undated
Series:
SIA RU007006
Series:
Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history
By
Wetmore, Alexander, 1886-1978
Type
Book
Material
Archival material
Publication info
1949
Notes
The photograph album documents Alexander Wetmore's work in Panama in 1949. He was assisted by Watson M. Perrygo. Photographs include numbers, date, and caption with description and location. Subject matter includes images documenting their travel across Panama, Panamanians encountered and employed by Wetmore; examples of the vegetation seen in region; terrain (savannas, rivers, wetlands, forests); portraits and candid images of colleagues and military; pole traps; cayucos; observed birds (individual and group), nests, and environs; structures and residences of villages; Choco indians in daily life and clearing forests; Wetmore and others collecting specimens; ruins; photographs taken from plane ride over Rio Bayano and Chiman; and images of Albrook Air Force Base. Locations include vicinity of Cerro Azul, Cheppo and Bayano Reservoir in Panama. Includes photographs of Wetmore, Watson M. Perrygo, Richard H. Stewart, Matthew Williams Stirling, Marion Illg Stirling, and James Zetek.
Subjects
Bayano, Lago
,
Chimán
,
Choco Indians
,
Field notes
,
Ornithology
,
Panama
,
Photograph albums
,
United States National Museum
BHL Collections
Smithsonian Field Books collection
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.110917
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