Biological Survey of the Panama Canal Zone, 1910-1912 Search this
Physical description:
Color: Black and White; Size: 4.16w x 3.25h; Type of Image: Group, candid; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Group, candid
Place:
Panama
Gatun Lake (Panama)
Date:
1910-1911
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes:
From 1910 to 1912 the Smithsonian participated in the Biological Survey of the Panama Canal Zone, field work designed to document the natural history of the Canal Zone prior to construction of the Panama Canal. Mr. Edward Alphonso Goldman from the Bureau of Biological Survey of the United States Department of Agriculture was a member of the field-party and took this picture.
Summary:
Boat landing on the shore of Gatun Lake, Canal Zone, Panama. Men are in the boats and on the shore.
Contained within:
"Completion of the Biological Survey of the Panama Canal Zone," Explorations Organized or Participated in by the Smithsonian Institution in 1910 and 1911, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Vol. 59, No. 11, p. 20, figure 20
