Watson M. Perrygo and His Devoted Companion - A Baird's Tapir
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Creator: Wetmore, Alexander 1886-
Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: February 28, 1951
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7006, Alexander Wetmore Papers, Box 178, Album: Panama, 1951; Record Unit 9516, Box 2, Watson M. Perrygo Oral History Interviews
United States National Museum Taxidermist Watson M. Perrygo, on one of his field trips to the Canal Zone Biological Area, Panama, is followed around by his devoted companion, a Baird's tapir. Perrygo made several trips to Panama with Smithsonian Secretary Alexander Wetmore to collect bird specimens.
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Photograph included in the transcript of the Watson M. Perrygo Oral History Interviews by Pamela M. Henson, November 13, 1978, in Smithsonian Institution Archives.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7006, Alexander Wetmore Papers, Box 178, Album: Panama, 1951; Record Unit 9516, Box 2, Watson M. Perrygo Oral History Interviews
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
February 28, 1951
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SIA2010-0500 and Wetmore #4568
Number of Images: 1; Color: Color; Size: 5w x 3h ; Type of Image: Person, candid; animal; Medium: Photographic print