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
Date:
February 17, 1952
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
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, 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.
Contained within:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Alexander Wetmore Papers, Record Unit 7006, Box 178, Folder: Album 2
