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Author:
Perrygo, Watson M. 1906-1984  Search this
Subject:
Wetmore, Alexander 1886-  Search this
Physical description:
Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and white ; Size: 10w x 8h ; Type of Image: Person, candid ; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Person, candid
Place:
Panama
Soná, Veraguas (Panama)
Date:
May 31, 1953
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
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.
Summary:
Alexander Wetmore, ornithologist and Sixth Secretary of the Smithsonian, examines bird skins laid out to dry in boxes on top of tables in Sona, Veraguas, Panama. Wetmore made numerous trips to Panama to collect bird specimens.
Contained within:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7006, Alexander Wetmore Papers, Box 179, Album: Panama 1953; and Record Unit 9516, Box 2, Watson M. Perrygo Oral History Interviews
Contact information:
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Topic:
Ornithologists  Search this
Ornithology  Search this
Field trips  Search this
Birds  Search this
Secretariats  Search this
Scientific expeditions  Search this
Secretaries  Search this
Specimens  Search this
Zoological specimens--Collection and preservation  Search this
Standard number:
SIA2008-2949 and Wetmore #5128
Restrictions & Rights:
Restrictions No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_11252