Album 2 Panama, Costa Rica and Guatemala, 1940; Panama, 1944 : includes photographs of Wetmore and Joseph P. E. Morrison

Abstract

The photograph album documents Alexander Wetmore's work in Panama, Costa Rica and Guatemala, 1940; Panama, 1944. Photographs sometimes include numbers, date, and caption with description and location. Includes images of vegetation and the Barro Colorado Island Laboratory; site of excavations at Finca Piedades, Costa Rica; an airplane and resulting crowd at the Liberia airport; colleagues; vegetation and terrain; countryside and shorelines; lodgings; Mayan ruins; towns and structures; Quebrada in Costa Rica; the pack of supplies moving between sites; candid scenes with military who assisted Wetmore's efforts in Panama; camp site on San Jose island, Panama. Includes photographs of Wetmore and Joseph P. E. Morrison. Includes sites in the vicinity of: Guanacaste (Costa Rica) and Pearl Islands (Panama).

Date Range

1940-1944

Start Date

Oct 10, 1940

End Date

Mar 09, 1944

Access Information

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Topic

• Animals
• Birds
• Ornithology

Place

• Liberia
• Barro Colorado
• Hacienda Santa María
• Panama
• Perlas, Archipiélago de las
• Guanacaste
• Canal Zone
• Costa Rica

Form/Genre

• Fieldbook record
• Field notes
• Photograph albums

Accession #

SIA RU007006

Collection name

Alexander Wetmore Papers, circa 1848-1979 and undated

Physical Description

1 Photograph album

Physical Location

Smithsonian Institution Archives

Sublocation

Box 174 Folder2