Alexander Wetmore Examining a Bird in Parita, Panama

Summary

In Parita, Herrera, Panama, Alexander Wetmore, ornithologist and sixth Secretary of the Smithsonian, sits at a skinning table and is examining a bird brought to him by a local boy. Several children are standing nearby. The back of a jeep with its spare tire is visible on the right.

Subject

Wetmore, Alexander 1886-

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Wetmore's Neg. # 3460 is from a photo album documenting his Panama trip in 1948. The album is part of the Alexander Wetmore papers in Smithsonian Institution Archives.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 007006, Box 176, Folder: Album Panama 1948

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

February 29, 1948

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

• Scientific expeditions
• Secretariats
• Jeep automobile
• Secretaries
• Transportation
• Birds
• Animals
• Collectors and collecting
• Specimens
• Field Work
• Expeditions
• Children
• School field trips
• Ornithologists
• Ornithology
• Field trips

Place

• Herrera (Panama : Province)
• Herrera
• Parita
• Panama

Form/Genre

• Photographic print
• Group, candid

ID Number

SIA2008-3185 or Wetmore 3460

Physical description

Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and white; Size: 4.5 w x 4.5h; Type of Image: Group, candid; Medium: Photographic print

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