Vicente Alvarez in a Boat
ID: SIA2009-4256 or Wetmore 6009
Creator: Wetmore, Alexander 1886-
Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: January 6, 1956
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Alexander Wetmore Papers, Record Unit 7006, Box: 183, Folder: Album Panama and Coiba, 1956
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- Vicente Alvarez (right) and an unidentified man on board a crash boat near Coiba Island, on January 6. 1956. Alvarez was a member of Wetmore's scientific exploration in the region. Both men are seated and looking toward the left of the image. Only water is visible in the background.
- The image was taken by Smithsonian Secretary and ornithologist Alexander Wetmore while on a scientific expedition in Panama and to Coiba Island and is contained in a photo album prepared by Wetmore.
- From 1919 to 1991, Coiba Island was a penal colony. Fear of the prison and its inmates deterred visitors from the island. As such, about 80% of the natural areas on the island remain undisturbed. The island is also host to many endemic species. Both of these factors made the island ideal for Wetmore's scientific expedition. The officers and convicts pictured in Wetmore's images from the expedition were part of the penal colony. Some even worked as laborers for the expedition. Today, the island is no longer a penal colony. Instead, it is one of 38 islands composing Coiba National Park, a World Heritage Site.
Subject
Alvarez, Vicente
Category
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes
- Image contained in a photo album prepared by Alexander Wetmore of his trip to Panama and Coiba Island. Wetmore Neg. # 6009. For more images of Vicente Alvarez, see negative numbers SIA2009-4259, SIA2009-4260, SIA2009-4272, SIA2009-4285, SIA2009-4286, and SIA2009-4290.
- The geographic location that can be accessed through the map is an estimation of the historical geographic location.
Contained within
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Alexander Wetmore Papers, Record Unit 7006, Box: 183, Folder: Album Panama and Coiba, 1956
Contact information
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Date
January 6, 1956
Restrictions & Rights
No restrictions
Topic
- Scientific expeditions
- Boats and boating
- Animals
- Birds
- Field work
- School field trips
- Natural areas
- Field trips
- Ornithology--Field work
- Ornithology
- Panamanians
Place
- Coiba Island
- Veraguas
- Panama
- Coiba Island (Panama)
- Montijo District
Form/Genre
- Photographic print
- Group, candid
ID Number
SIA2009-4256 or Wetmore 6009
Physical description
Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and White; Size: 4.5w x 4.5h; Type of Image: Group, Candid; Medium: Photographic print