Watson M. Perrygo standing a patio in Soná, Veraguas, Panama, 1953

Summary

Image of Watson M. Perrygo, taxidermist for the United States National Museum, standing a patio in Soná, Veraguas, Panama. Perrygo was in Panama on an ornithological field trip with Smithsonian Secretary Alexander Wetmore. The caption for the photo notes that this was Perrygo and Wetmore's patio at one of the houses they stayed in. The image was taken by Wetmore on May 22, 1953.

Subject

• Perrygo, Watson M. 1906-1984
• United States National Museum
• Taxidermist (USNM)

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Image contained in photo album prepared by Alexander Wetmore of his trip to Panama. Wetmore Neg. #5097

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Alexander Wetmore Papers, RU 7006, Box 179, Folder: Album Panama 1953

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

May 22, 1953

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

• Scientific expeditions
• Animals
• Houses
• Architecture
• Secretaries
• Collectors and collecting
• Smithsonian Institution
• Personnel management
• Birds
• Employees
• Naturalists
• Ornithologists
• Buildings--Panama
• Smithsonian Institution--Employees

Place

• Veraguas
• Panama
• Soná, Veraguas (Panama)
• Sona

Form/Genre

• Person, candid
• Photographic print

ID Number

SIA2009-0560 and 5097

Physical description

Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and White; Size: 4.5w x 4.5h; Type of Image: Person, Candid; Medium: Photographic print

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