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Mouth of Río Mensabé, Puerto Mensabé, Panama

Author:: Wetmore, Alexander 1886-

Subject:: Wetmore, Alexander 1886-; Perrygo, Watson M. 1906-1984

Physical description:: Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and white; Size: 4.5w x 4.5h; Type of Image: Landscape; Medium: Photographic print

Type:: Landscape; Photographic print

Place:: Panama; Los Santos (Panama : Province); Rio Mensabe, Los Santos (Panama : Province); Puerto Mensabe, Los Santos (Panama : Province)

Date:: March 26, 1948

Topic:: Boats and boating; Landscape; Ornithologists; Scientific expeditions; Binoculars; Field trips; Secretaries; Natural history; Rivers; Panamanians

Standard number:: SIA2008-6173

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Category:: Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes:: Image contained in Alexander Wetmore's photo album of his 1948 trip to Panama. Wetmore Neg. #3564

Summary:: At the mouth of Río Mensabé in Puerto Mensabé, Los Santos, Panama, a man, possibly Watson M. Perrygo, is using binoculars. A boat can be seen pulled up on the shore and three people can be seen along the Río Mensabé. Image taken by Alexander Wetmore, ornithologist and sixth Secretary of Smithsonian, during an ornithological field trip to Panama

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Record ID:: siris_sic_11927

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La Honda, Panama

Author:: Wetmore, Alexander 1886-

Subject:: Perrygo, Watson M. 1906-1984

Physical description:: Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and white; Size: 4.5w x 4.5h; Type of Image: Group, candid; Medium: Photographic print

Type:: Photographic print; Group, candid

Place:: Panama; La Honda; (Los Santos, Panama)

Date:: March 15, 1948

Topic:: Ornithologists; Jeep automobile; Firearms; Children; Field trips; Transportation; Indigenous peoples; Natural history; Fieldwork; Birds--Collection and preservation; Specimens; Ornithology--Field work; Collectors and collecting; Scientific expeditions; Panamanians; Birds; Smithsonian Institution--Employees; Ornithology

Standard number:: SIA2008-6188 and Wetmore Neg. #4031

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Notes:: Image contained in photo album prepared by Alexander Wetmore of his trip to Panama

Summary:: In La Honda, Los Santos, Panama, to the left of a jeep stand Smithsonian field collector Watson M. Perrygo holding a rifle and a woman. A man and a boy stand to the right . On the hood of a jeep lays a bird carcass with its head hanging down over the grill on the hood of a jeep .Taken by Alexander Wetmore, ornithologist and sixth Secretary of Smithsonian, during an ornithological field trip to Panama

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Record ID:: siris_sic_11942

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W. M. Perrygo at Río Mensabé, Panama

Author:: Wetmore, Alexander 1886-

Subject:: Perrygo, Watson M. 1906-1984; National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)

Physical description:: Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and white; Size: 4.5w x 4.5h; Type of Image: Person, candid; Medium: Photographic print

Type:: Photographic print; Person, candid

Place:: Panama; Los Santos (Panama : Province)

Date:: March 26, 1948

Topic:: Camping--Equipment and supplies; Field trips; Taxidermy; Taxidermists; Ornithology; Ornithology--Field work; Natural areas; Rivers; Scientific expeditions; Natural history; Cookery--Equipment and supplies; Smithsonian Institution--Employees

Standard number:: SIA2008-6193 and Wetmore Neg. # 4043

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Summary:: Watson M. Perrygo, taxidermist, field collector and exhibits specialist at the United States National Museum, now the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), sits to eat a noon meal at the Río Mensabé, near La Palma, Los Santos, Panama. He is seated on a blanket surrounded by food items, drinks, pots and pans. He accompanied Alexander Wetmore on his scientific research trips to Panama. Taken by Alexander Wetmore, ornithologist and sixth Secretary of Smithsonian, during an ornithological field trip to Panama

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Record ID:: siris_sic_11947

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A group of men on horses in Soná, Veraguas, Panama, 1953

Author:: Wetmore, Alexander 1886-

Physical description:: Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and White; Size: 4.5w x 4.5h; Type of Image: Group, Candid; Medium: Photographic print

Type:: Group, candid; Photographic print

Place:: Panama; Soná, Veraguas (Panama)

Date:: May 23, 1953

Topic:: Buildings--Panama; Scientific expeditions; Church buildings; Horses; Indians of Central America

Standard number:: SIA2009-0561 and 5098

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Notes:: Image contained in photo album prepared by Alexander Wetmore of his trip to Panama. Wetmore Neg. #5098. A film of this trip, showing the bull-fight and procession, is located in the Watson M. Perrygo Papers, RU 7306

Summary:: Image of a group of men on horses in Soná, Veraguas, Panama. The men are waiting by a gate entrance and the photo's caption notes that the men are "making ready for the bull-fighting." There is a church in the background of the image. The image was taken by Smithsonian Secretary Alexander Wetmore on May 23, 1953, during an ornithological expedition to Panama

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Record ID:: siris_sic_12053

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A man fighting a bull in Soná, Veraguas, Panama, 1953

Author:: Wetmore, Alexander 1886-

Physical description:: Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and White; Size: 4.5w x 4.5h; Type of Image: Person, Candid; Medium: Photographic print

Type:: Person, candid; Photographic print

Place:: Panama; Soná, Veraguas (Panama)

Date:: May 24, 1953

Topic:: Indians of Central America; Buildings--Panama; Scientific expeditions; Cities and towns; Villages; Animals; Bulls; Bullfights

Standard number:: SIA2009-0563 and 5106

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Notes:: Image contained in photo album prepared by Alexander Wetmore of his trip to Panama. Wetmore Neg. #5106. A film of this trip, showing the bull-fight and procession, is located in the Watson M. Perrygo Papers, RU 7306

Summary:: Image of a man fighting a bull in Soná, Veraguas, Panama. The man is standing in the ring holding a cape and the bull is charging towards the man. Bystanders are standing and sitting around the ring which is enclosed by a fence made out of wood. The ring is also surrounded by several buildings. The image was taken by Smithsonian Secretary Alexander Wetmore on May 24, 1953, during an ornithological expedition to Panama

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Record ID:: siris_sic_12056

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W. M. Perrygo and Marcial Dutari working with bird specimens, 1953

Author:: Wetmore, Alexander 1886-

Subject:: Perrygo, Watson M. 1906-1984; United States National Museum; Taxidermist (USNM)

Physical description:: Number of Images: 1 Color: Black and White; Size: 4.5w x 4.5h; Type of Image: Group, Candid; Medium: Photographic print

Type:: Group, candid; Photographic print

Place:: Panama; Soná, Veraguas (Panama)

Date:: May 31, 1953

Topic:: Ornithologists; Buildings--Panama; Scientific expeditions; Naturalists; Ornithology; Birds--Collection and preservation; Specimens; Smithsonian Institution--Employees

Standard number:: SIA2009-0566 and 5130

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Notes:: Image contained in photo album prepared by Alexander Wetmore of his trip to Panama. Wetmore Neg. #5130

Summary:: Image of Watson M. Perrygo, taxidermist for the United States National Museum, and Marcial Dutari working with bird specimens in Soná, Veraguas, Panama. Perrygo was in Panama on an ornithological field trip with Smithsonian Secretary Alexander Wetmore. The image's caption notes that Perrygo and Dutari, a young boy, are drying bird specimens in Perrygo and Wetmore's patio. The image was taken by Wetmore on May 31, 1953, during an ornithological expedition to Panama

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Record ID:: siris_sic_12061

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W. M. Perrygo working with drying bird skins, 1953

Author:: Wetmore, Alexander 1886-

Subject:: Perrygo, Watson M. 1906-1984; United States National Museum; Taxidermist (USNM)

Physical description:: Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and White; Size: 4.5w x 4.5h; Type of Image:Person, Candid; Medium: Photographic print

Type:: Person, candid; Photographic print

Place:: Panama; Soná, Veraguas (Panama)

Date:: May 31, 1953

Topic:: Ornithologists; Houses; Buildings--Panama; Scientific expeditions; Naturalists; Ornithology; Birds--Collection and preservation; Specimens; Smithsonian Institution--Employees

Standard number:: SIA2009-0567 and 5131

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Notes:: Image contained in photo album prepared by Alexander Wetmore of his trip to Panama. Wetmore Neg. #5131

Summary:: Image Watson M. Perrygo working with drying bird skins in Soná, Veraguas, Panama. Perrygo, a taxidermist for the United States National Museum, was in Panama on an ornithological field trip with Smithsonian Secretary Alexander Wetmore. Perrygo was working in the patio area of the house he and Wetmore stayed in while in Soná. The bird skins are in boxes on top of tables. The image was taken by Wetmore on May 31, 1953, during an ornithological expedition to Panama

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Record ID:: siris_sic_12062

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Ten people in Río San Pablo, Sóna, Veraguas, Panama, 1953

Author:: Wetmore, Alexander 1886-

Subject:: Perrygo, Watson M. 1906-1984

Physical description:: Number of Images: 1 Color: Black and White ; Size: 4.5 x 4.5 ; Type of Image: Group, Candid; Medium: Photographic print

Type:: Group, candid; Photographic print

Place:: Panama; Soná, Veraguas (Panama)

Date:: May 17, 1953

Topic:: Indians of Central America; Natural areas; Scientific expeditions; Children; Mountains--Panama; Boats and boating; Cargo ships; Labor; Rivers; Panamanians; Smithsonian Institution--Employees; Ornithology--Field work

Standard number:: SIA2009-0416 and Wetmore Neg. #5081

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Notes:: Image contained in photo album prepared by Alexander Wetmore of his trip to Panama

Summary:: Image of ten people in Río San Pablo, Sóna, Veraguas, Panama. Some people are standing over a river bank. One person is carrying a bundle away from the rest of the group and a young child is standing on the slope near some cargo. The caption for the image reads, "discharging cargo." Watson M. Perrygo is stannding third from left. The image was taken by Smithsonian Secretary Alexander Wetmore on May 17, 1953 during an ornithological expedition to Panama. A mountain can be seen in the background

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Record ID:: siris_sic_12084

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W. M. Perrygo Examining Wood Test Stakes

Author:: Wetmore, Alexander 1886-

Subject:: Perrygo, Watson M. 1906-1984; United States National Museum; Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI)

Physical description:: Color: Black and White; Size: 5w x 3h; Type of Image: Person, candid; Medium: Photographic print

Type:: Photographic print; Person, candid

Place:: Barro Colorado Nature Monument (Panama); Panama; Barro Colorado Island (Panama)

Topic:: Entomology; Scientific expeditions; Wood test stakes; Termites; Smithsonian Institution--Employees; Pest Control; Taxidermists

Standard number:: 92-15284 or Wetmore # 2868

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Notes:: Photograph included in the transcript of Graham Bell Fairchild Interview by Joel B. Hagen, June 7, 1989, in Smithsonian Institution Archives

Summary:: Watson M. Perrygo (1906-1984), taxidermist and field collector for the United States National Museum, examining the "graveyard" of experimental wood test stakes for termite control on Barro Colorado Island in the Canal Zone Biological Area, on March 11, 1946. This research station was renamed the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in 1964. Perrygo accompanied Secretary Alexander Wetmore on his annual field trips to Panama to collect birds

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Record ID:: siris_sic_9791

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Watson Perrygo in Darien, Panama

Author:: Wetmore, Alexander 1886-

Subject:: Wetmore, Alexander 1886-; Perrygo, Watson M. 1906-1984; Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI); United States National Museum; National Museum of Natural History (U.S.); United States. Army

Physical description:: Color: Black and White; Size: 4w x 4h; Type of Image: Group, candid; Medium: Photographic print

Type:: Photographic print; Group, candid

Place:: Barro Colorado Nature Monument (Panama); Panama; Panama, Darien, Jaque

Topic:: McCarthy, Sergeant E. W. (Bill); Expeditions; Collectors and collecting; Scientific expeditions; Taxidermists; Trucks; Transportation; Smithsonian Institution--Employees

Standard number:: 91-2185 or Wetmore # 2717

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Summary:: Watson M. Perrygo (left), taxidermist for the United States National Museum, and Sergeant E. W. (Bill) McCarthy (right) both leaning against a truck, with unidentified man seated in the truck, in Jaque, Darien, Panama, on April 9, 1946. Perrygo accompanied Alexander Wetmore (1886-1978), ornithologist and Sixth Secretary (1944-1952) of the Smithsonian, on numerous bird specimen collecting trips to Panama

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Record ID:: siris_sic_10034

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Alexander Wetmore in Panama Holding an Agami Heron

Author:: Perrygo, Watson M. 1906-1984

Subject:: Wetmore, Alexander 1886-

Physical description:: Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and white; Size: 4.5 x 4.5; Type of Image: Person, candid; Medium: Photographic print

Type:: Photographic print; Person, candid

Place:: Panama; Rio Imamado, Panama; Darien (Panama : Province)

Topic:: Birds; Collectors and collecting; Darien, Panama; Field trips; Herons; Ornithology; Ornithologists; Scientific expeditions; Secretariats

Standard number:: SIA2008-3240; Wetmore Neg. # 3305

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Notes:: Wetmore's Neg. # 3305 is from a photo album documenting his Panama trip in 1948. The album is part of the Alexander Wetmore papers located in Smithsonian Institution Archives. Photograph included in the transcript of the Watson M. Perrygo Oral History Interviews by Pamela M. Henson, November 13, 1978, in Smithsonian Institution Archives

Summary:: In Rio Imamado, Darien, Panama, Alexander Wetmore, ornithologist and sixth Secretary of the Smithsonian, stands leaning against a fallen tree holding an agami heron he has caught. Wetmore went to Panama to collect birds, 1946-1953

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Record ID:: siris_sic_11260

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Perrygo Displaying a Frigate Bird to Children

Author:: Wetmore, Alexander 1886-

Subject:: Arosemena, Dionysio (Fulo); Perrygo, Watson M. 1906-1984; Siguarria, Octavio; Taxidermist (USNM)

Physical description:: Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and white; Size: 4.5w x 4.5h; Type of Image: Group, candid; Medium: Photographic print

Type:: Photographic print; Group, candid

Place:: Panama; Los Santos (Panama : Province); Monagre (Los Santos, Panama)

Topic:: Ornithologists; Jeep automobile; Frigate birds; Ornithology; Children; Taxidermists; Field trips; Transportation; Scientific expeditions; Natural history; Collectors and collecting; Smithsonian Institution--Employees; Specimens; Birds

Standard number:: SIA2008-6165

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Notes:: Image contained in photo album prepared by Alexander Wetmore of his trip to Panama. Wetmore Neg. #3521

Summary:: Watson M. Perrygo, National Museum of Natural History taxidermist and field collector, shows a frigate bird killed in Monagre, Los Santos, Panama, to local children. Local field assistants Fulo Arosemena and Octavio Siguarria are pictured on the left. A jeep is partially visible behind Perrygo. Taken by Alexander Wetmore, ornithologist and sixth Secretary of Smithsonian, during an ornithological field trip to Panama

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Record ID:: siris_sic_11911

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Perrygo in a Boat on the Boca de Río Indio, Colón, Panama

Author:: Wetmore, Alexander 1886-

Subject:: Perrygo, Watson M. 1906-1984; Wetmore, Alexander 1886-; National Museum of Natural History (U.S.); Taxidermist (USNM); United States National Museum

Physical description:: Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and white; Size: 4.5w x 4.5h; Type of Image: Person; Medium: Photographic print

Type:: Photographic print; Person, candid

Place:: Panama; Colón (Panama); Panama, Colon, Boca de Rio Indio

Topic:: Boats and boating; Motors; Ornithologists; Scientific expeditions; Rivers; Secretaries; Field trips; Secretariats

Standard number:: SIA2008-6197 or Wetmore 4762

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Notes:: Image contained in photo album prepared by Alexander Wetmore of his trip to Panama. Wetmore Neg. #4762

Summary:: Watson M. Perrygo, taxidermist at the United States National Museum, now the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), sits in a boat, outfitted with an outboard motor, used to travel up the Río Indio, Panama. Perrygo, taxidermist, served as exhibits preparator and zoological exhibits worker in the Department of Zoology, USNM, 1952-1958, accompanied Alexander Wetmore (1886-1978), ornithologist and Sixth Secretary (1944-1952) of the Smithsonian, on numerous bird specimen collecting trips to Panama.The image was taken by Wetmore during their 1952 ornithological field trip to Panama

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Record ID:: siris_sic_11950

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Ford on Rio Parita, Panama

Author:: Wetmore, Alexander 1886-

Subject:: Perrygo, Watson M. 1906-1984; United States. Army; Taxidermist (USNM)

Physical description:: Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and white; Size: 4.5w x 4.5h; Type of Image: Landscape; Medium: Photographi print

Type:: Photographic print; Landscape

Place:: Panama; Herrera (Panama : Province); Panama, Herrera, Parita, Rio Parita

Topic:: Military; Wagons; Jeep automobile; Animals; Transportation; Smithsonian Institution--Employees

Standard number:: SIA2008-3197 or Wetmore 3607

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Notes:: Wetmore's Neg. # 3607 is from a photo album documenting his Panama trip in 1948. The album is part of the Alexander Wetmore papers located in Smithsonian Institution Archives

Summary:: View is of the ford on the Rio Parita, at Parita, Herrera, Panama. The U.S. Army Air Force jeep loaned to ornithologist and sixth Smithsonian Secretary Alexander Wetmore can be seen to the left. Watson M. Perrygo, National Museum of Natural History taxidermist, is seated inside the jeep. In the water, there is a man standing in a wagon being pulled by oxen

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Record ID:: siris_sic_11868

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Ratibor Hartmann with a Raccoon

Author:: Wetmore, Alexander 1886-

Subject:: Hartmann, Ratibor; Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI)

Physical description:: Number of Images: 2; Color: Black and white; Size: 5.5w x 3h; 4.5w x 4.25h; Type of Image: Person, candid ; Medium: Photographic print

Type:: Photographic print; Group, candid

Place:: Panama; Barro Colorado Nature Monument (Panama)

Topic:: Raccoons; Animals; Barro Colorado Island (Panama); Scientific expeditions; Panamanians

Standard number:: SIA2010-1169 or Wetmore 3719 and SIA2010-1168 or Wetmore 3718

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Notes:: Photograph included in the transcript of the Watson M. Perrygo Oral History Interviews by Pamela M. Henson, November 13, 1978, in Smithsonian Institution Archives; The image was taken by sixth Smithsonian Secretary and ornithologist Alexander Wetmore while on a scientific expedition to Panama to study birds; When Wetmore made his trips to Panama, he always requested Ratibor Hartmann to be his assistant. Ratibor Hartmann was the eldest son of Alois Hartmann, who had helped on medical and naturalists' expeditions because of his knowledge of the area and Panamanian archeology to explore the jungles of the Western Highlands of Chiriquí. Ratibor took over from his father leading expeditions from the Gorgas Memorial Institute, where he worked, and several United States academic institutions in the field. Ratibor and his brother Gedón (Armagedón) Hartmannn accompanied Wetmore on many of his expeditions

Summary:: Ratibor Hartmann on Barro Colorado Island, Canal Zone, Panama, is feeding a raccoon

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Record ID:: siris_sic_11256

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Procession of Santa María Auxiliadora in Soná, Veraguas, Panama, 1953

Author:: Wetmore, Alexander 1886-

Subject:: de Martinelli, Doña María; de Sosa, Doña María

Physical description:: Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and White; Size: 4.5w x 4.5h; Type of Image:Event; Medium: Photographic print

Type:: Event; Photographic print

Place:: Panama; Soná, Veraguas (Panama)

Date:: May 24, 1953

Topic:: Indians of Central America; Buildings--Panama; Scientific expeditions; Event; Processions; Rites and ceremonies; Women; Banners; Children; Church buildings; Streets; Electricity

Standard number:: SIA2009-0564 and 5109

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Notes:: Image contained in photo album prepared by Alexander Wetmore of his trip to Panama. Wetmore Neg. #5109. A film of this trip, showing the bull-fight and procession, is located in the Watson M. Perrygo Papers, RU 7306

Summary:: Image of a group of people walking down a street in Soná, Veraguas, Panama. The group is participating in the procession of Santa María Auxiliadora. In the center of the procession are three women holding a banner. The caption notes that Doña María de Martinelli is the woman on the far left in the center and that Doña María Luisa de Sosa is in the woman on the far right in the center. A priest is walking behind the women holding the banner. A church can be seen in the background of the image and the street is lined with electricity poles. The image was taken by Smithsonian Secretary Alexander Wetmore on May 24, 1953, during an ornithological expedition to Panama

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Record ID:: siris_sic_12058

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Lunch at 2000 Feet on Cerro Campana, Panama

Author:: Wetmore, Alexander 1886-

Subject:: Perrygo, Watson M. 1906-1984; Trapido, Harold; Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI); Coca-Cola Company

Physical description:: Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Group, candid; Medium: Photographic print

Type:: Photographic print; Group, candid

Place:: Panama; Panama, Panama, Capira, Cerro Campana

Topic:: Fairchild, Graham Bell; Gage, Shirley; Hertig, Marshall; Ornithology; Automobiles; Field trips; Transportation; Entomologists; Picnicking; Smithsonian Institution--Employees; Secretaries; Scientific expeditions; Cerro Campana, Panama; Women

Standard number:: SIA2010-0499 and Wetmore 4448

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Notes:: Photograph included in the transcript of Graham Bell Fairchild Interview by Joel B. Hagen, June 7, 1989, in Smithsonian Institution Archives; The image was taken by Sixth Smithsonian Secretary and ornithologist Alexander Wetmore while on a scientific expedition to the region in Panama to study birds

Summary:: Lunch has been set out on a hill at 2000 feet on Cerro Campana, Panama. A Coca Cola ice chest has been set in the middle and several thermoses can be seen. A car on top of this hill has its hood open as well as the driver's door. Sitting on the hill from L to R are: Harold Trapido, Shirley Gage (smoking a cigarette), Graham Bell Fairchild, Watson M. Perrygo, and Marshall Hertig (with a cigarette in his mouth). Perrygo accompanied Wetmore who conducted annual field trips to Panama to collect specimens for his four volume work, 'The Birds of Panama.'

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Record ID:: siris_sic_10853

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James Zetek on Barro Colorado Island

Author:: Wetmore, Alexander 1886-

Subject:: Zetek, James b. 1886; Barro Colorado Island Biological Laboratory; Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI); Panama Canal Zone

Physical description:: Color: Black and White; Size: 4.5w x 4.25h; Type of Image: Person, candid; Medium: Photographic print

Type:: Photographic print; Person, candid

Place:: Panama; Barro Colorado Nature Monument (Panama); Barro Colorado Island (Panama); Panama, Panama, Barro Colorado Island

Topic:: Directors; Smithsonian Institution--Employees; Entomologists; Biological Stations; Islands; Naturalists; Natural history

Standard number:: SIA2010-1174 or 2881

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Notes:: Smithsonian Secretary Alexander Wetmore visited Panama, 1946, to visit the Canal Zone Biological Area, inspect the San Jose Project of 1944, and collect bird specimens in Darien. He was assisted by Watson M. Perry go. Photograph included in the transcript of Graham Bell Fairchild Interview by Joel B. Hagen, June 7, 1989, in Smithsonian Institution Archives. Photograph included in the transcript of Watson M. Perrygo Oral History Interviews by Pamela M. Henson, October 30, 1978, in Smithsonian Institution Archives

Summary:: Dr. James Zetek (1886-1959), entomologist and founding director of the Canal Zone Biological Area (CZBA), standing in front of one of the CZBA buildings on Barro Colorado Island, Canal Zone. The CZBA became part of the Smithsonian in 1946 and was later renamed the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. The image was taken by Alexander Wetmore, sixth Smithsonian Secretary and ornithologist, while conducting scientific research in the area

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Record ID:: siris_sic_6775

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Mouth of Río Mensabé, Puerto Mensabé, Panama

La Honda, Panama

W. M. Perrygo at Río Mensabé, Panama

A group of men on horses in Soná, Veraguas, Panama, 1953

A man fighting a bull in Soná, Veraguas, Panama, 1953

W. M. Perrygo and Marcial Dutari working with bird specimens, 1953

W. M. Perrygo working with drying bird skins, 1953

Ten people in Río San Pablo, Sóna, Veraguas, Panama, 1953

W. M. Perrygo Examining Wood Test Stakes

Watson Perrygo in Darien, Panama

Alexander Wetmore in Panama Holding an Agami Heron

Perrygo Displaying a Frigate Bird to Children

Perrygo in a Boat on the Boca de Río Indio, Colón, Panama

Ford on Rio Parita, Panama

Ratibor Hartmann with a Raccoon

Procession of Santa María Auxiliadora in Soná, Veraguas, Panama, 1953

Lunch at 2000 Feet on Cerro Campana, Panama

James Zetek on Barro Colorado Island

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