Alexander Wetmore with a Forest Eagle
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PrintAlexander Wetmore, ornithologist and Sixth Secretary of the Smithsonian, shows the wings of a forest eagle, Morphnus taeniatus, that he has collected in Quebrada Carriaso, Cerro Azul, Panama. Wetmore made numerous trips to Panama to collect bird specimens.
Wetmore, Alexander 1886-
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 9516 Box 1 Watson M. Perrygo Oral History Interviews; Record Unit 7006 Alexander Wetmore Papers Box 177 Album: Panama, 1949
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
April 25, 1949
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Panama
Wetmore # 3875
Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Person, candid; Medium: Photographic print