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Hamilton Wright Jr. photographs

Creator:
Wright, Hamilton M., Jr.  Search this
Names:
Hamilton Wright Organization  Search this
Extent:
4,700 Color slides (circa)
250 Lantern slides (circa)
500 Color transparencies (circa)
7 Color prints (theatrical motion picture one-sheets)
9 Prints (silver gelatin)
Culture:
Zulu (African people)  Search this
Rarámuri (Tarahumara)  Search this
Hindus  Search this
Nubians (African people)  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Color slides
Lantern slides
Color transparencies
Color prints
Prints
Posters
Photographs
Place:
Colorado -- description and travel
New Hampshire -- Description and Travel
Virgin Islands -- Description and Travel
Holland -- Description and Travel
Philippines -- Description and Travel
Korea -- Description and Travel
South Africa -- Description and Travel
Ecuador -- Description and Travel
Lebanon -- Description and Travel
India -- description and travel
Hong Kong -- Description and Travel
Chile -- description and travel
Italy -- description and travel
Egypt -- description and travel
Taiwan -- description and travel
Venezuela -- Description and Travel
Peru -- Description and Travel
Canada -- Description and Travel
Alaska -- description and travel
Haiti -- description and travel
Mexico -- description and travel
Bolivia -- Description and Travel
Date:
circa 1923-1925, 1950-1970
Scope and Contents note:
Photographs made by Hamilton Wright Jr. in Egypt, South Africa, India, Lebanon, Taiwan, the Philippines, Korea, Hong Kong, Holland, Italy, Mexico, Venezuela, Ecuador, Chile, Bolivia, Haiti, the Virgin Islands, Canada, Alaska, Colorado, and New Hampshire. They include images of modern and ancient structures and monuments, artifacts, industries, cities, markets, caves, festivals, beaches, scenery, and sporting events. Most appear to have been made for the Hamilton Wright Organization, an international agency that made films and photographs to support public relations campaigns of foreign governments. Also included are some lantern slides depicting historical sites in Egypt, directed by Hamilton Wright, Sr., and one-sheets for motion picture films produced by the Hamilton Wright Organization. Additional material includes slide narration for a lecture and short news stories relating to the images in the collection.
Biographical/Historical note:
In 1908, Hamilton Wright Sr. founded the Hamilton Wright Organization, a public relations firm that specialized in making travelog and newsreel film and distributing it to motion picture houses around the world, often on behalf of domestic and foreign governments. Wright's son, Hamilton Wright Jr., managed the company after his father and expanded it's work. In 1963, a Senate committee criticized the Hamilton Wright Organization for hosting press junkets and distributing its photographs, newsreels, and stories in American news media without reporting its sources. The Hamilton Wright Organization was closed by Hamilton Wright Jr.'s son in the late 1960s.
Local Call Number(s):
NAA Photo Lot 76-35
Location of Other Archival Materials:
Films by the Hamilton Wright Organization can be found in the Human Studies Film Archive in HSFA 94.19.
The Film and Television Archive at the University of California at Los Angeles holds the motion picture film and related material of the Hamilton Wright Organization.
Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Topic:
Beaches  Search this
Festivals  Search this
Pyramids -- Egypt  Search this
Tourism  Search this
Industries  Search this
Markets  Search this
Genre/Form:
Posters
Photographs
Lantern slides
Citation:
Photo lot 76-35, Hamilton Wright Jr. photographs, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.PhotoLot.76-35
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Hamilton Wright Jr. photographs
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw320c6d88b-5159-46fd-93b4-05cf90f6805e
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-76-35

Endangered Site: Port City of Coro, Venezuela

Creator:
Smithsonian Magazine  Search this
Type:
Blog posts
Smithsonian staff publications
Blog posts
Published Date:
Sun, 01 Mar 2009 05:00:00 +0000
Topic:
Search this
See more post:
Smithsonian Article Database
Data Source:
Smithsonian Magazine
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:posts_34a8831f5ca75d022c7e621046e53d83

Desde el Orinoco hacia el siglo XXI : el hombre, la fauna y su medio / Ma. Eugenia Romero Moreno, Claudia Romero Moreno

Author:
Romero Moreno, María Eugenia  Search this
Romero Moreno, Claudia  Search this
Physical description:
229 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Llanos (Colombia and Venezuela)
Orinoco River Region (Venezuela and Colombia)
Date:
1989
Topic:
Natural history  Search this
Nature--Effect of human beings on  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_909509

Rough notes of a journey through the wilderness, from Trinidad to Para,́ Brazil, by way of the great cataracts of the Orinoco, Atabapo, and Rio Negro

Author:
Wickham, Henry Alexander  Search this
Physical description:
xiv, 301 p. plates. 22 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Brazil
Venezuela
Date:
1872
19th century
Topic:
Description and travel  Search this
Call number:
F2513 .W63
F2513.W63
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_74720

The journal of an expedition across Venezuela and Colombia, 1906-1907; an exploration of the route of Bolivar's celebrated march of 1819 and of the battle-fields of Boyacá and Carabobo, by Hiram Bingham ... with map and 133 illustrations from photographs taken by the author

Author:
Bingham, Hiram 1875-1956  Search this
Physical description:
viii, 287, [1] p. illus., fold. map (in pocket) 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Colombia
Venezuela
South America
Date:
1909
Wars of Independence, 1806-1830
War of Independence, 1810-1822
Topic:
Description and travel  Search this
History  Search this
Call number:
F2263 .B61X
F2263.B61X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_72164

Revista geográfica venezolana : revista del Instituto de Geografía y Conservación de Recursos Naturales de la Facultad de Ciencias Forestales

Author:
Universidad de los Andes (Mérida, Venezuela) Instituto de Geografía y Conservación de Recursos Naturales  Search this
Type:
Electronic resources
Periodicals
Place:
Venezuela
Latin America
Date:
1982
1985-
Topic:
Geography  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
Call number:
F2314
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_744464

Páramos venezolanos / Karl Weidmann

Author:
Weidmann, K  Search this
Physical description:
160 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 30 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Venezuela
Date:
1986
Topic:
Paramos--Pictorial works  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
Views  Search this
Call number:
F2315 .W418 1986
F2315.W418 1986
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_379086

In trouble again : a journey between the Orinoco and the Amazon / Redmond O'Hanlon

Author:
O'Hanlon, Redmond 1947-  Search this
Subject:
O'Hanlon, Redmond 1947- Travel  Search this
O'Hanlon, Redmond 1947- Travel  Search this
Physical description:
272 p., [17] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Orinoco River Valley (Venezuela and Colombia)
Amazon River Valley
South America
Date:
1989
1989, c1988
Topic:
Indians of South America--Social life and customs  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Natural history  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_917474

Researches concerning the institutions & monuments of the ancient inhabitants of America : with descriptions & views of some of the most striking scenes in the Cordilleras! / written in French by Alexander de Humboldt, & translated into English by Helen Maria Williams

Title:
Researches concerning the institutions and monuments of the ancient inhabitants of America
Humboldt's researches DSI
Cordilleras researches DSI
Author:
Humboldt, Alexander von 1769-1859  Search this
Printer:
Pople, W (William) active 1806-1837  Search this
Translator:
Williams, Helen Maria 1762-1827  Search this
Publisher:
Colburn, Henry -1855  Search this
Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown  Search this
John Murray (Firm)  Search this
Former owner:
Canal Zone Library-Museum DSI  Search this
Physical description:
2 volumes in 1, [19] leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Type:
Electronic resources
Place:
Andes
Mexico
Peru
Date:
1814
Topic:
Antiquities  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
Call number:
F1219 .H9113 1814
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_910928

Uriji jami! : Life and belief of the forest Waika in the Upper Orinoco / Inga Steinvorth Goetz ; English version by Peter T. Furst

Author:
Steinvorth de Goetz, Inga  Search this
Furst, Peter T  Search this
Physical description:
207 p. : col. ill., maps ; 29 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Orinoco River Valley (Venezuela and Colombia)
Date:
1969
Topic:
Waica Indians  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
Call number:
F2520.O7 S74 1969
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_915767

A naturalist in the Guianas, by Eugène André ... with a preface by Dr. J. Scott Keltie

Author:
André, Eugène  Search this
Keltie, John Scott Sir 1840-1927  Search this
Physical description:
xiv, 310 p. 32 pl. (2 col.) 2 port. (incl. front.) fold. map. 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Venezuela
Caura river
Date:
1904
Topic:
Natural history  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
Call number:
F2813 .A55X
F2813.A55X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_91166

The Indian militia and description of the Indies / Bernardo de Vargas Machuca ; edited by Kris Lane ; translated by Timothy F. Johnson from the original Spanish edition, 1599

Author:
Vargas Machuca, Bernardo de 1557-1622  Search this
Lane, Kris E. 1967-  Search this
Physical description:
lxxiv, 293 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm
Type:
Early works to 1800
Place:
America
Colombia
Venezuela
West Indies
Date:
2008
Topic:
Indians of the West Indies  Search this
Military art and science  Search this
Guerrilla warfare  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_924432

The Andes and the Amazon; or, Across the continent of South America / by James Orton

Author:
Orton, James 1830-1877  Search this
Physical description:
xxii, 645 p. : ill., maps : 22 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
South America
Ecuador
Amazon River
Andes
Peru
Date:
1876
Topic:
Natural history  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_453416

Travels amongst the great Andes of the Equator. Edited with an introd. by F. S. Smythe

Author:
Whymper, Edward 1840-1911  Search this
Physical description:
272 p. 20 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Ecuador
Andes
Date:
1949
[1949]
Topic:
Mountains  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_498119

Transportes Aereos Centro-Americanos (TACA) de Venezuela Photographs

Names:
Transportes Aereos Centro-Americanos (TACA) de Venezuela  Search this
Transportes Aereos Centroamericanos  Search this
Extent:
0.05 Cubic feet (One folder)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Place:
Venezuela -- Description and Travel
Date:
circa 1947
Summary:
This collection consists of eleven black and white snapshots of Transportes Aereos Centro-Americanos (TACA) de Venezuela.
Scope and Contents:
This collection consists of eleven black and white snapshots possibly taken by Ted Bazett, circa 1947. The images show the following: Venezuelan airports, including Maiquetia; aircraft, including TACA's Douglas DC-3s and a British West Indian Airways Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar; and unidentified pilots and personnel.
Arrangement:
No arrangment as there are just 11 photographs.
Biographical / Historical:
Transportes Aereos Centro-Americanos (TACA) de Venezuela was founded on August 18, 1944. The establishment of the company was part of the plan to set up subsidiary TACA companies in all South American countries. In January of 1945 TACA de Venzuela, in cooperation with its sister company TACA de Colombia, opened nonstop service from Caracas to Bogota followed by expansion including direct service betwen Marachaibo to Bogota. By 1950, however, the TACA empire collapsed; the Venezuelan branch was liquidated and Linea Aeropostal Venezolana took over the routes.
Provenance:
Unknown, Gift, 2019, NASM.2019.0011
Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Topic:
Aeronautics  Search this
Airlines  Search this
Douglas DC-3  Search this
Citation:
Transportes Aereos Centro-Americanos (TACA) de Venezuela Photographs, NASM.2019.0011, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NASM.2019.0011
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2172ce681-d870-47bc-920e-1173a4ede09e
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nasm-2019-0011

New Granada: twenty months in the Andes. By Isaac F. Holton

Author:
Holton, Isaac F (Isaac Farwell)  Search this
Physical description:
1 p. l., [v]-xiv, [2], [17]-605 p. incl. illus., plates, plans, tab. 2 double maps (incl. front.) 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Colombia
Andes
Date:
1857
Topic:
Description and travel  Search this
Call number:
F2263 .H75X
F2263.H75X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_83433

El reto del espacio andino / Olivier Dollfus

Author:
Dollfus, Olivier  Search this
Physical description:
141 p. : ill. ; 21 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Andes
Date:
1981
Topic:
Human ecology  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
Economic conditions  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_779968

Orinoco adventure; illustrated with photoraphs by the author

Author:
Acebes, Hector  Search this
Physical description:
281 p. illus. 22 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
South America
Venezuela
Orinoco river
Date:
1954
Topic:
Description and travel  Search this
Call number:
F2223 .A3X
F2223.A3X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_84422

In trouble again : a journey between the Orinoco and the Amazon / Redmond O'Hanlon

Author:
O'Hanlon, Redmond 1947-  Search this
Subject:
O'Hanlon, Redmond 1947- Travel  Search this
O'Hanlon, Redmond 1947- Travel  Search this
Physical description:
272 p. : ill., map ; 21 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Orinoco River (Venezuela and Colombia)
Amazon River
Date:
1990
Topic:
Description and travel  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_821721

Geografía de Venezuela de acuerdo con los actuales programas oficiales: ilustrada con grabados, mapas y varios cuadros gráficos / por H. Nectario M

Author:
Nectario M, H  Search this
Physical description:
103 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.), ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Venezuela
Date:
1939
1940
1939- 1940
Topic:
Description and travel  Search this
Call number:
F2313 .N36
F2313.N36
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_317406

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