Watson M. Perrygo
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Watson M. Perrygo (1906-1984), a field collector, taxidermist, and exhibits specialist for the United States National Museum (USNM), sits on a box holding in his hands dead birds which are part of his day's bag. He is on a field trip to El Brazo, Jaque, Darien, Panama. Perrygo accompanied Alexander Wetmore, sixth Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, to Panama to collect birds, 1946-1953, for Wetmore's four volume work, The Birds of Panama.
Subject
- Perrygo, Watson M. 1906-1984
- Wetmore, Alexander 1886-
Category
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes
Photograph included in the transcript of the Watson M. Perrygo Oral History Interviews by Pamela M. Henson, October 30, 1978, in Smithsonian Institution Archives.
Contained within
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 9516, Box 1, Watson M. Perrygo Oral History Interviews
Contact information
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Date
1946
Restrictions & Rights
No restrictions
Topic
- Taxidermy
- Animals
- Taxidermists
- Smithsonian Institution
- Personnel management
- Collectors and collecting
- Specimens
- Birds
- Employees
- Expeditions
- Collection and preservation
- School field trips
- Ornithology
- Field trips
- Smithsonian Institution--Employees
- Birds--Collection and preservation
Place
- Jaque (Darien, Panama)
- Panama
- Darien (Panama : Province)
- El Brazo, Jaque (Darien, Panama)
- Darien
- El Brazo
- Jaque
Form/Genre
- Photographic print
- Person, candid
ID Number
None
Physical description
Number of Images: 1 ; Color: Black and white; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Person, candid; Medium: Photographic print