Jose, Fulo Arosemena, and Watson M. Perrygo in Panama
ID: SIA2008-3187 or Wetmore 3483
Creator: Wetmore, Alexander 1886-
Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: March 3, 1948
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 9516, Box 2: Watson M. Perrygo Oral History Interviews; Record Unit 7006, Alexander Wetmore Papers, Box 176, Album: Panama, 1948
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Watson M. Perrygo (right), National Museum of Natural History taxidermist and field collector, sits under a tree with local field assistants Fulo (Dionysio) Arosemenae (seated left) and Jose (standing) near El Rincon, Herrera, Panama. Perrygo went to Panama to collect bird specimens with Alexander Wetmore, ornithologist and sixth Secretary of the Smithsonian.
Subject
- Perrygo, Watson M. 1906-1984
- Arosemena, Dionysio (Fulo)
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
- Taxidermist (USNM)
Category
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes
Wetmore's Neg. # 3483 is from a photo album documenting his trip to Panama in 1948. The album is part of the Alexander Wetmore papers located in the Smithsonian Institution Archives. Photograph included in the transcript of the Watson M. Perrygo Oral History Interviews by Pamela M. Henson, November 13, 1978, in Smithsonian Institution Archives.
Contained within
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 9516, Box 2: Watson M. Perrygo Oral History Interviews; Record Unit 7006, Alexander Wetmore Papers, Box 176, Album: Panama, 1948
Contact information
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Date
March 3, 1948
Restrictions & Rights
No restrictions
Topic
- Scientific expeditions
- Taxidermists
- Collectors and collecting
- Smithsonian Institution
- Personnel management
- Employees
- School field trips
- Field trips
- Smithsonian Institution--Employees
Place
- Herrera (Panama : Province)
- Panama
Form/Genre
- Photographic print
- Group, candid
ID Number
SIA2008-3187 or Wetmore 3483
Physical description
Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and white; Size: 4.5w x 4.5h; Type of Image: Group, candid; Medium: Photographic print