Perrygo Displaying a Frigate Bird to Children
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Creator: Wetmore, Alexander 1886-
Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: March 16, 1948
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Alexander Wetmore Papers, Record Unit 7006, Box 176, Folder: Album Panama 1948
Watson M. Perrygo, National Museum of Natural History taxidermist and field collector, shows a frigate bird killed in Monagre, Los Santos, Panama, to local children. Local field assistants Fulo Arosemena and Octavio Siguarria are pictured on the left. A jeep is partially visible behind Perrygo. Taken by Alexander Wetmore, ornithologist and sixth Secretary of Smithsonian, during an ornithological field trip to Panama.
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Image contained in photo album prepared by Alexander Wetmore of his trip to Panama. Wetmore Neg. #3521.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Alexander Wetmore Papers, Record Unit 7006, Box 176, Folder: Album Panama 1948
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
March 16, 1948
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SIA2008-6165
Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and white; Size: 4.5w x 4.5h; Type of Image: Group, candid; Medium: Photographic print