Alexander Wetmore with the Hartmann Family

Summary

In Santa Clara, Chiriquí, Panama, sixth Secretary Alexander Wetmore stands outside a building with the family of Alois Hartmann.

Subject

• Hartmann, Alois S
• Wetmore, Alexander 1886-

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

• The image was taken during a scientific expedition to Panama by sixth Smithsonian Secretary (1944-1952) and ornithologist Alexander Wetmore.
• 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 geographic location of this image is approximated by the information provided in Wetmore's original description of the image. It is not an exact longitude and latitude.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7006, Box 180, Folder: Panama 1954

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

March 21, 1954

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

• Women
• Scientific expeditions
• Architecture
• Chimpanzees
• Children
• School field trips
• Buildings--Panama
• Panamanians
• Field trips

Place

• Santa Clara
• Chiriqui
• Panama
• Chiriquí (Panama : Province)

Form/Genre

• Photographic print
• Group, candid

ID Number

SIA2011-2159 or Wetmore Number 5580

Physical description

Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and white; Size: 4.65w x 4.65h; Type of Image: Group, candid; Medium: Photographic print

Full Record

View Full Record