Album 2 Panama (Darien), 1946

Abstract

The photograph album documents Alexander Wetmore's travels in Panama (Darien), 1946. Photographs sometimes include numbers, date, and caption with description and location. He was assisted by Watson M. Perrygo. Subject matter includes images of colleagues and military in Pearl Islands, Panama; terrain including savanna, jungle, shorelines, and rivers; lodgings; anti-termite testing plot; Barro Colorado staff; locals traveling in a cayuco on the river; preparing collected specimens; point at Quebrada; examples of native residences; examples of clear-cutting forests; sites around Jaque Auxiliary Airfield. Includes photographs of Wetmore, Watson M. Perrygo, T. C. Schneirla, and James Zetek. Also included are photographs of the Barro Colorado Island Laboratory.

Date Range

1946

Start Date

1946

End Date

1946

Access Information

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Topic

• Animals
• Birds
• Ornithology

Place

• Barro Colorado
• Panama
• Perlas, Archipiélago de las
• Canal Zone
• Darién

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 176