Album 3 Panama, 1959, volume 2 : includes photographs of Wetmore, Beatrice Thielen Wetmore, and Martin Humphrey Moynihan

Title Variants

Alternative: Panama, 1959 Part 2

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

1959

Notes

The photograph album (Volume 2) documents Alexander Wetmore's collecting efforts in Darién, Panama in 1959. Photographs are numbered, and captioned with location, description, and date. Subject matter includes preparing specimens; shorelines and waterways; villages; examples of vegetation; camp sites; Choco Indians; travel by cayuco; candid images of colleagues, Choco Indians, Panamanian employees, and families; transport of supplies; roads around the naval reserve. Locations include the vicinity of Boca De Paya, Boca de Cupe, Rio Tuira; and Gamboa. Includes photographs of Wetmore, Beatrice Thielen Wetmore, and Martin Humphrey Moynihan.

Subjects

Canal Zone , Choco Indians , Darien , Field notes , Gamboa , Ornithology , Panama , Photograph albums , United States National Museum

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.111651