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Author:
Wetmore, Alexander 1886-  Search this
Subject:
United States Bureau of Biological Survey  Search this
Physical description:
Color: Black and White; Size: 4w x 3h; Type of Image: Animal, candid; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Animal, candid
Date:
November 8, 1920
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes:
There are a variety of pictures from Wetmore's field work in Latin America at this SIA location.
Summary:
Alexander Wetmore's collecting outfit and horse and sulky ready to leave camp, 15 miles south of Cabo Antonio at Lavalle, Buenos Aires, Argentina on November 8, 1920. This photograph was taken by Alexander Wetmore, noted ornithologist and sixth Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1944-1952, while conducting field work for the United States Bureau of Biological Survey throughout the islands of the Caribbean and various Latin American countries.
Contained within:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7006, Box 170, Album: I "Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay - 1920"
Contact information:
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Topic:
Secretaries  Search this
Field Work  Search this
Buenos Aires, Argentina  Search this
Collecting Outfit  Search this
Secretariats  Search this
Ornithology  Search this
Scientific expeditions  Search this
Argentina  Search this
Horses  Search this
Carriages and carts  Search this
Standard number:
SIA2012-0873 or B. S. 22162
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_6611