The "Esperanza"
ID: 84-8054
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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The sailing ship "Esperanza" captained by Lee H. Parish and used by Watson M. Perrygo and others on the Parish-Smithsonian Expedition to Haiti in 1930 to collect natural history specimens. Perrygo sailed to Haiti with the Parishes on their yacht, the "Esperanza." The "Esperanza" made an unplanned stop in Cuba after a storm wrecked her mast. Perrygo collected bird specimens in Cuba while the yacht was being repaired. In Haiti, Perrygo continued to collect bird, mammal, fish and reptile specimens for the United States National Museum (now the National Museum of Natural History), mostly along the coastal region of Haiti, and collected live reptiles and birds for the National Zoological Park.
Subject
- Perrygo, Watson M. 1906-1984
- Parish, Lee Hamilton
- Esperanza (Ship)
- Parish-Smithsonian Expedition to Haiti 1930
- National Zoological Park (U.S.)
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
- United States National Museum
Category
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes
- Photograph included in the transcript of the Watson M. Perrygo Oral History Interviews by Pamela M. Henson, September 8, 1978, in Smithsonian Institution Archives.
- For additional photos from the Parish-Smithsonian Expedition, see Negative Numbers 83-9644, 84-8051, SIA2013-08819, SIA2013-08820, SIA2013-0821, SIA2013-08822, SIA2013-08823, SIA2013-08824.
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
- Boats and boating
- Collectors and collecting
- School field trips
- Sailing
- Ships
- Field trips
Place
- Haiti
- Cuba
Form/Genre
- Photographic print
- Other
ID Number
84-8054
Physical description
Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and white; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Other; Medium: Photographic print