Village of Potuga, Panama

ID: SIA2008-6156

Creator: Wetmore, Alexander 1886-

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: March 2, 1948

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Alexander Wetmore Papers, Record Unit 7006, Box 176, Folder: Album Panama 1948

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Summary

Image, taken by Alexander Wetmore, ornithologist and sixth Secretary of Smithsonian, on an ornithological field trip to Panama, is of the village of Potuga, Herrera, Panama. A man on horseback is traveling away. Two huts are shown and a person (probably a woman) stands between the huts.

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Image contained in photo album prepared by Alexander Wetmore of his trip to Panama. Wetmore Neg# 3467

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Alexander Wetmore Papers, Record Unit 7006, 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

  • Women
  • Scientific expeditions
  • Landscapes
  • Animals
  • Natural History
  • Horses
  • Birds
  • Villages
  • School field trips
  • Housing
  • Ornithology
  • Field trips
  • Landscape
  • Natural history

Place

  • Herrera (Panama : Province)
  • Panama
  • Potuga (Herrera, Panama)

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Landscape

ID Number

SIA2008-6156

Physical description

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

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