Collection name:

Melbourne Armstrong Carriker, Jr., Papers, 1901, 1907, 1909-1910, 1918, 1929-1965

Physical Description:

67 black-and-white photographs

Physical Location:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

Sublocation:

Box 2 Folder 50

Record type:

Fieldbook record

Object Type:

Field notes

Black-and-white photographs

Place:

Colombia

Nevada de Santa Marta, Sierra

Guatapurí, Río

Date Range:

1943

Start Date:

1943

End Date:

1943

Abstract:

This item contains 67 black and white photographs depicting bird specimens, local inhabitants, village life, and country side, wide shots of trails, and collecting localities in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (SNSM) region of Colombia -- all of which Carriker took during his trip to Colombia in 1943 to collect bird and perhaps other types of specimens. His companions include Felisa and Luis Rivera (and perhaps others). Localities depicted include but are not limited to "Mamanacanaca Camp", "Guatapuri Valley", "Chinducua", and River "Guatapuri".

Topic:

Ornithology  Search this

Accession #:

SIA RU007297

Access Information:

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Melbourne Armstrong Carriker, Jr., Papers, 1901, 1907, 1909-1910, 1918, 1929-1965

See more records associated with this person:

Carriker, Melbourne Armstrong, 1879-1965

Data Source:

Smithsonian Field Book Project

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fbr_item_MODSI3182