Album 2 Curacao and Venezuela, 1954

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

1953-1954

Notes

The photograph album documents Alexander Wetmore's work in Venezuela and Curaçao [Netherlands Antilles]. Alexander Wetmore traveled to the Amazonas territory of Venezuela in 1954 to take part in a ornithological expedition sponsored by William H. Phelps. Photographs include numbers, date, and caption with description and location. Subject matter includes views from the yacht Ornis; harbors; fisherman working on netting in Curaçao; examples of terrain (shorelines, lagoons, countryside); aerial photographs of Amazonas territory; the plane used over the Amazonas; expedition travel down the rivers of Amazonas; members preparing specimens; and camp sites. Locations include the vicinity of Willemstad (island of Curaçao), and (Venezuela) Aragua, Chichiriviche, Río Yatua. Includes photographs of Wetmore, Beatrice Thielen Wetmore, James H. Kempton, Kathleen D. Phelps, and William H. Phelps, Jr.

Subjects

Amazonas , Aragua , Chichiriviche , Curaçao , Field notes , Kempton, J. H. (James Howard), 1891-1970 , Netherlands Antilles , Ornis (Ship) , Ornithology , Phelps Expedition to Territory of Amazonas, Venezu , Photograph albums , United States National Museum , Venezuela , Willemstad , Yatua, Río

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.111156