Album 1 Panama, 1951

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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

1951

Notes

The photograph album documents Alexander Wetmore's work in Panama during 1951 to collect bird specimens in Cerro Campana and other points in Panama. He was assisted by Watson M. Perrygo. Photographs include numbers, date, and caption with description and location. Subject matter includes Panamanians in daily activities (including pounding rice); towns,individual structures and residences; hieroglyphs and pictographs at El Valle, Coclé; structures of Barro Colorado Laboratory; tame tapirs at the laboratory; lodgings; observed birds, young, and their nests; terrain (shorelines, forests, valleys); and Perrygo preparing specimens. Some observed birds are identified by their Latin names. Includes photographs of Wetmore, Watson M. Perrygo, Harold Trapido, Shirley Gage, Graham Bell Fairchild, Marshall Hertig, James Zetek, Marion Illg Stirling, Matthew Williams Stirling, and Richard H. Stewart. Also includes photographs of the Canal Zone Biological Area.

Subjects

Barro Colorado , Canal Zone , Colón , El Valle , Field notes , Ornithology , Palmas Bellas , Panama , Photograph albums , United States National Museum

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.110924