Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and white; Size: 4.75w x 4.75h; Type of Image: Group, candid; Landscape; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Landscape
Group, candid
Place:
Panama
Date:
March 26, 1954
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes:
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) Hartmann accompanied Wetmore on many of his expeditions.
The image was taken during a scientific expedition to Panama by sixth Smithsonian Secretary (1944-1952) and ornithologist Alexander Wetmore.
Summary:
Gordon Field and Gedon (Armagedón) Hartmann stand on a log foot bridge across the Rio Colorado, Western Chiriquí, Panama.
Contained within:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7006, Box 180, Folder: Panama 1954
