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Author:
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Subject:
Wetmore, Alexander 1886-  Search this
Perrygo, Watson M. 1906-1984  Search this
Physical description:
Color: Black and White; Size: 4.5w x 4.25h; Type of Image: Person, candid; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Person, candid
Place:
Panama
Chico River (Chiriquí, Panama)
Panama, Chiriquí, County(optional), City, Chico River
Date:
March 30, 1949
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes:
Photograph is located in Alexander Wetmore's photo album 'Panama 1949'. Photograph included in the transcript of Watson M. Perrygo Oral History Interviews by Pamela M. Henson, November 13, 1978, in Smithsonian Institution Archives.
Summary:
Near Chico, Panama, March 30, 1949, Alexander Wetmore, Smithsonian Secretary, and Watson M. Perrygo, taxidermist and field collector for the U.S. National Museum, are in a tent structure sitting across from each other at a table preparing bird specimens for study at the Natural History Museum.
Contained within:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7006, Box 177, Folder: Album 1; Record Unit 9516, Box 1, 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:
Secretaries  Search this
Taxidermy  Search this
Expeditions  Search this
Tropical Biology  Search this
Preparators  Search this
Specimens  Search this
Smithsonian Institution--Employees  Search this
Scientific expeditions  Search this
Birds  Search this
Ornithology  Search this
Birds--Collection and preservation  Search this
Field Work  Search this
Standard number:
SIA2010-0497 or Wetmore 3770
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_6871