Vicente Alvarez and Templado in a Boat
ID: SIA2009-4286 and Wetmore Negative Number 6106
Creator: Wetmore, Alexander 1886-
Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: January 30, 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 (left) holding the handle of the outboard motor and Templado (right) are in a boat off the shore of Coiba Island, Panama. Vicente and Templado were a members of Smithsonian Secretary Alexander Wetmore's scientific expedition in the region.
Subject
- Alvarez, Vicente
- Templado
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.
- 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 30, 1956
Restrictions & Rights
No restrictions
Topic
- Scientific expeditions
- Boats and boating
- Motors
- Islands
- Penal colonies
- Panamanians
Place
- Panama
- Coiba Island (Panama)
Form/Genre
- Photographic print
- Group, candid
ID Number
SIA2009-4286 and Wetmore Negative Number 6106
Physical description
Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and white; Size: 4.75w x 4.5h; Type of Image: Group, candid; Medium: Photographic print