Alexander Wetmore Sits in a Canoe
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PrintAlexander Wetmore, ornithologist and sixth Secretary of the Smithsonian, sits in a canoe in a river at the foot of the trail to La Playita Station, Jaque, Darien. Wetmore conducted extensive field work in Panama for his four volume work, The Birds of Panama.
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
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
1947
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