Title
Album 2 Venezuela, 1952
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
1952
Notes
The photograph album documents the work of Alexander Wetmore during travel to Venezuela, August 31 - September 13, 1952. Photographs are numbered (4951 to 5040) and include captions describing location, date, and subject matter. Several images cover his time attending the Third Congress of International Union for the Protection of Nature in Caracas. Subject matter includes travel enroute, Colegio de Médicos in Caracas, meeting attendees, candid portraits of colleagues, sites across Caracas, and an event at the home of Dr. William H. Phelps. Also documents a visit to the Codazzi Park near Maracay, as well as terrain and bird habitat in the vicinity of Lake Valencia, Aragua; Barrancas, Monagas; and Caño Macareo.
Subjects
Aragua
,
Field notes
,
Macareo, Caño
,
Monagas
,
Ornithology
,
Phelps, William H. (William Henry), 1875-1965
,
Photograph albums
,
United States National Museum
,
Venezuela
BHL Collections
Smithsonian Field Books collection
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.110926
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