National Geographic Society-Smithsonian Institution Expedition to the Dutch East Indies, 1937

Related Titles

Contained In: William M. Mann and Lucile Quarry Mann field books, 1914-1940

Series: SIA RU007293

Series: Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history

By

Mann, William M., 1886-1960
Mann, Lucile Quarry, 1897-1986

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1937

Notes

The collection of black and white photographs were taken during the National Geographic Society-Smithsonian Institution Expedition to the Dutch East Indies in 1937. Photographs were taken through out the expedition, and come in a variety of sizes. Subject matter includes local historic sites and gardens; villages and rural scenes; formal events; and the Mann's aboard ship with the collected animals. Includes souvenirs and a list of animals collected during the expedition, and ephemera listing walking and motor trips around Fort De Kock (Indonesia). Some locations are identified, including places in Japan and Indonesia. Several photographs have captions, though not all in English, possibly Indonesian.

Subjects

Black-and-white photographs , Bukittinggi , Field notes , Japan , Malay Archipelago , National Geographic Society (U.S.) , National Geographic Society-Smithsonian Institutio , National Zoological Park (U.S.) , Southeast Asia , Wild animal collecting , Zoology , Zoos

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.145645