Gedón Hartmann and Vicente Alvarez
ID: SIA2009-4285 or Wetmore Negative Number 6101
Creator: Wetmore, Alexander 1886-
Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: January 28, 1956
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Alexander Wetmore Papers, Record Unit 7006, Box: 183, Folder Album: Panama and Coiba, 1956
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At Playa Blanca, Coiba Island, Panama, Gedón (Armagedón Hartmann, center) and Vicente Alvarez (right) are seated in chairs placed on the ground in front of a building as they wait for transportation. Two other unidentified people are also in the picture (one seated, left and one seated on the porch). In the distance, on the right, is another building.
Subject
- Alvarez, Vicente
- Hartmann, Armagedón
Category
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes
- The image was taken by sixth Smithsonian Secretary and ornithologist Alexander Wetmore while on a scientific expedition to Panama to Coiba Island. Wetmore Negative Number 6101.
- 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.
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 28, 1956
Restrictions & Rights
No restrictions
Topic
- Scientific expeditions
- Architecture
- Islands
- Panamanians
- Buildings--Panama
Place
- Panama
- Coiba Island (Panama)
- Playa Blanca, Coiba Island, Panama
Form/Genre
- Photographic print
- Group
ID Number
SIA2009-4285 or Wetmore Negative Number 6101
Physical description
Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and white; Size: 4.75w x 4.5h; Type of Image: Group, candid; Medium: Photographic print