Collection name:

Waldo L. Schmitt Papers, 1907-1978

Physical Description:

48 black-and-white photographs

Physical Location:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

Sublocation:

Box 82

Record type:

Fieldbook record

Object Type:

Field notes

Black-and-white photographs

Place:

Falkland Islands

South America

Date Range:

1925-1927

Start Date:

1925

End Date:

1927

Abstract:

Black-and-white photographs document Waldo Schmitt's work in the Faulklands [Falkland Islands] during the Walter Rathbone Bacon Traveling Scholarship Expeditions to the East and West Coasts of South America, 1925-1927. Some photographs have descriptions and years listed on reverse. Subject matter include penguins (individual, groups, and with surrounding habitat); ships in port; marine mammals (sea lions); towns and structures; digging sod blocks; portraits of local inhabitants; pastures and herds of sheep; and sheep dogs.

Topic:

Marine mammals  Search this

Zoology  Search this

Sheep  Search this

Mammalogy  Search this

Accession #:

SIA RU007231

Access Information:

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See more records from this collection:

Waldo L. Schmitt Papers, 1907-1978

See more records associated with this person:

Schmitt, Waldo L. (Waldo Lasalle), 1887-1977

See more records associated with this expedition:

Walter Rathbone Bacon Traveling Scholarship Expedition (1925-1927)

Data Source:

Smithsonian Field Book Project

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fbr_item_MODSI1243