Lee H. Parish
ID: 83-9644
Creator: Unknown
Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: 1930
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 9516, Box 1, Watson M. Perrygo Oral History Interviews
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Lee H. Parish, who along with his parents, sponsored an expedition to Haiti to collect natural history specimens, stands holding a coconut. Watson M. Perrygo, taxidermist at the United States National Museum, was a member of the expedition.
Subject
- Parish, Lee Hamilton
- Esperanza (Ship)
- Parish-Smithsonian Expedition to Haiti 1930
Category
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes
- For additional photos from the Parish-Smithsonian Expedition, see Negative Numbers 84-8051, 84-8054, SIA2013-08819, SIA2013-08820, SIA2013-0821, SIA2013-08822, SIA2013-08823.
- Photograph included in the transcript of the Watson M. Perrygo Oral History Interviews by Pamela M. Henson, September 8, 1978, in Smithsonian Institution Archives.
- The Parish-Smithsonian Expedition was an expedition sponsored by Lee Hamilton Parish and his parents, Samuel W. and Ella Parish. The goal of the expedition was to collect natural history specimens, mostly along the coastal region of Haiti. Smithsonian taxidermist Watson Perrygo was a member of the expedition and sailed to Haiti with the Parishes on their yacht, the "Esperanza." During the expedition, the "Esperanza" had to make an unplanned stop in Cuba after a storm wrecked her mast. Perrygo also collected bird specimens in Cuba while the yacht was being repaired. In Haiti, the expedition team collected bird and other natural history specimens and collected live reptiles for the National Zoological Park.
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
1930
Restrictions & Rights
No restrictions
Topic
- Scientific expeditions
- Collectors and collecting
- Smithsonian Institution
- Personnel management
- Employees
- Expeditions
- School field trips
- Field trips
- Smithsonian Institution--Employees
Place
- Haiti
- Cuba
Form/Genre
- Photographic print
- Person, candid
ID Number
83-9644
Physical description
Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and white; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Person, candid; Medium: Photographic print