Iguana Hunters

Summary

Vicente Alvarez, Castelo Castillo (left to right), a Convict, and Templado on the sand of the Isla Ranchería with five iguanas. The image was taken by Smithsonian Secretary and ornithologist Alexander Wetmore while on a scientific expedition to Panama to Coiba Island.

Subject

• Templado
• Alvarez, Vicente
• Castillo, Castelo

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

• Image contained in a photo album prepared by Alexander Wetmore of his trip to Panama to Coiba Island. See also Negative Number SIA2009-4290 for a similar image.
• The geographic location of this image is approximated by the information provided in Wetmore's original description of the image. It is not an exact longitude and latitude.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Alexander Wetmore Papers, Record Unit 7006, Box: 183, 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

February 4, 1956

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

• Scientific expeditions
• Convict labor
• Iguanas
• Penal colonies

Place

• Isla Ranchería, Panama
• Isla Ranchería
• Veraguas
• Panama

Form/Genre

• Photographic print
• Group, candid

ID Number

SIA2009-4289 and Wetmore Negative Number 6124

Physical description

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

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