Jeep at Quebrada Agua Caliente, Panama

Summary

Jeep loaned to sixth Smithsonian Secretary and ornithologist Alexander Wetmore by the U.S. Army for his field work in Panama near Quebrada Agua Caliente, Herrera, Panama. Two men are standing on either side of the jeep. Another man is standing inside the jeep.

Subject

Wetmore, Alexander 1886-

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

• Wetmore's Neg. # 3190 is from a photo album documenting his Panama trip in 1948. The album is part of the Alexander Wetmore papers located in the Smithsonian Institution Archives.
• According to present day maps as of 2011, Quebrada Agua Caliente, also known as Quebrada Caliente, is located in the province of Cocle, Panama, not in Herrera, Panama.

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 18, 1948

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

• Scientific expeditions
• Landscapes
• Animals
• Jeep automobile
• Transportation
• Collectors and collecting
• Field Work
• Birds
• Expeditions
• Military
• Ornithology

Place

• Herrera (Panama : Province)
• Cocle
• Panama
• Quebrada Agua Caliente
• Coclé (Panama : Province)

Form/Genre

• Photographic print
• Landscape
• Person, candid

ID Number

SIA2008-3190 or Wetmore 3190

Physical description

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

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