Max Arosemena and Alejandro Mendez in Parita, Panama

ID: SIA2008-6170

Creator: Wetmore, Alexander 1886-

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: March 20, 1948

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

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Summary

Image is of Max Arosemena, former Ministro Departamento de Educatión, and Alejandro Mendez, Direcor of the Museo Nacional, in Parita, Herrera, Panama. The two men are pictured by the tailgate of a truck. A man is seated on one of two benches in the truck's cargo area. Taken by Alexander Wetmore, ornithologist and Sixth Secretary of Smithsonian, during an ornithological field trip to Panama.

Subject

Wetmore, Alexander 1886-

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Image contained in Alexander Wetmore's photo album of his 1948 trip to Panama. Wetmore Neg. #3539.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Alexander Wetmore Papers Collection 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 20, 1948

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Trucks
  • Scientific expeditions
  • Animals
  • Transportation
  • Birds
  • School field trips
  • Ornithologists
  • Field trips

Place

  • Herrera (Panama : Province)
  • Panama

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Group, candid

ID Number

SIA2008-6170

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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