Title
Album 2 Panama, 1950 : includes photographs of Wetmore, Watson M. Perrygo, and Ratibor Hartmann; Also includes photographs of the Canal Zone Biological Area
Title Variants
Alternative:
Panama, 1950
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
1950
Notes
The photograph album documents Alexander Wetmore's travel in Panama during 1950. He was assisted by Watson M. Perrygo. Photographs include numbers, date, and caption with description and location. Subject matter includes images of structural work done at the Barro Colorado Island Laboratory; views of the Canal from Barro Colorado; location of fossils at Quebrada Coca, Herrera; examples of transportation (military vessels, automobiles); lodgings; towns and ports; examples of area terrain (shorelines, forest, wetlands, rivers); Panamanians encountered and employed; Perrygo working on specimens; and campsites. Sites around Ocú and Chimán also photographed.Includes photographs of Wetmore, Watson M. Perrygo, and Ratibor Hartmann. Also includes photographs of the Canal Zone Biological Area
Subjects
Barro Colorado
,
Canal Zone
,
Chimán
,
Field notes
,
Herrera, Provincia de
,
Ocú
,
Ornithology
,
Panama
,
Photograph albums
,
United States National Museum
BHL Collections
Smithsonian Field Books collection
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.110919
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