Richard Stewart Photographing Archeological Site

ID: SIA2008-3186

Creator: Wetmore, Alexander 1886-

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: March 2, 1948

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

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Summary

National Geogrqaphical Society photographer Richard Stewart is photographing an archological site being excavated by Matthew and Marion Stirling of the Smithsonian's Bureau of American Ethnology, south of Parita, Herrera, Panama. Stewart is standing behind a camera and several workers are standing in the pit.

Subject

  • Stirling, Marion I
  • Stewart, Richard H
  • Stirling, Matthew Williams 1896-1975
  • National Geographic Society
  • Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Photograph Wetmore Neg. # 3475 is from a photo album containing Wetmore's Panama trip in 1948.

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

March 2, 1948

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Photographers
  • Scientific expeditions
  • Archaeology
  • Field Work
  • Ethnology
  • Cameras
  • School field trips
  • Field trips

Place

  • Central America
  • Herrera (Panama : Province)
  • Panama

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Group, candid

ID Number

SIA2008-3186

Physical description

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

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