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Album 1 Panama and Coiba Island, 1956

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Abstract

The photograph album documents Alexander Wetmore's travels to Panama in 1956 to visit the Canal Zone Biological Area, and collect bird specimens in the Canal Zone and on Isla Coiba. Photographs are numbered, and captioned with location, description, and date. Subject matter includes structures and images of convicts and non-convicts of a penal colony on Coiba Island; examples of vegetation; examples of terrain (shorelines, beaches, wetlands, pastures, and forests); vessels used for transport; daily activities; images from offshore. Additional locations include the vicinity of El Hato and Rio San Juan.

Date Range

1956

Start Date

Jan 06, 1956

End Date

Feb 06, 1956

Access Information

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Topic

  • Animals
  • Birds
  • Ornithology

Place

  • Panama
  • Coiba, Isla de
  • Canal Zone

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 187 Folder 1