Christopher Richard

ID: SIA2009-4269 or Wetmore 6083

Creator: Wetmore, Alexander 1886-

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: January 23, 1956

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Alexander Wetmore Papers, Record Unit 7006, Box: 183, Folder: Album Panama and Coiba, 1956

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Summary

  • Alexander Wetmore's cook, Christopher Richard on Coiba Island on January 23, 1956. Richard is standing on two steps leading into a building. The ocean is faintly 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

Richard, Christopher

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. # 6083. For another image of Christopher Richard, see negative number SIA2009-4272.

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 23, 1956

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Scientific expeditions
  • Animals
  • Architecture
  • Birds
  • Field work
  • School field trips
  • Islands
  • Cooks
  • Buildings--Panama
  • Field trips
  • Ornithology--Field work
  • Ornithology
  • Panamanians

Place

  • Coiba Island
  • Veraguas
  • Panama
  • Coiba Island (Panama)
  • Montijo District

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Exterior
  • Person, candid

ID Number

SIA2009-4269 or Wetmore 6083

Physical description

Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and White; Size: 4.75w x 4.5h; Type of Image: Person, Candid; Exterior; Medium: Photographic print

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