Matthew Stirling, Richard Stewart and Watson M. Perrygo in Panama
ID: SIA2008-3191or Wetmore 3538
Creator: Wetmore, Alexander 1886-
Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: March 20, 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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On a field trip to Herrera, Panama, to collect bird specimens, are from left to right: Matthew Stirling (1896-1975), an anthropologist and director of the Bureau of American Ethnology, stands next to a truck. Richard Stewart, National Geographic Society photographer, and Watson M. Perrygo, National Museum of Natural History taxidermist and field collector, seated in the back of the truck. Richard Stewart, accompanied Stirling to Barriles and Palo Santo, Panama.
Subject
- Perrygo, Watson M. 1906-1984
- Stirling, Matthew Williams 1896-1975
- Stewart, Richard H
- National Geographic Society
- Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
- Taxidermist (USNM)
Category
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes
Wetmore's Neg. # 3538 is from a photo album documenting his Panama trip in 1948. The album is part of the Alexander Wetmore papers in 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 20, 1948
Restrictions & Rights
No restrictions
Topic
- Photographers
- Scientific expeditions
- Transportation
- Taxidermists
- Transportation, Automotive
- Collectors and collecting
- Anthropology
- School field trips
- Field trips
- Anthropologists
Place
- Herrera (Panama : Province)
- Panama
Form/Genre
- Photographic print
- Group, candid
ID Number
SIA2008-3191or Wetmore 3538
Physical description
Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and white; Size: 4.5 x 4.5; Type of Image: Group, candid; Medium: Photographic print