Title
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
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