Album 1 Bonaire and Curacao, Netherlands Antilles, 1969 : includes photographs of Wetmore and Beatrice Thielen Wetmore

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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

1969

Notes

The photograph album documents Alexander Wetmore's efforts studying bird populations on the island of Bonaire and Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles in 1969. Photographs are numbered, and captioned with location, description, and date. Subject matter includes detail shots of birds, birds' nests (including flamingo nest turrets), and surrounding vegetation; coastline; island interior and examples of saliñas; cave drawings; old salt ponds; structures from Slagbaai plantation; and views of town. Additional locations include Pekelmeer and Onima on Bonaire.Includes photographs of Wetmore and Beatrice Thielen Wetmore.

Subjects

Bonaire , Curaçao , Field notes , Netherlands Antilles , Onima , Ornithology , Pekelmeer , Photograph albums , Slagbaai , United States National Museum

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.111660