Watson M. Perrygo, Taxidermist & Field Collector, in Panama

Summary

Watson M. Perrygo, taxidermist and exhibits preparator in the Department of Zoology, United States National Museum (now the National Museum of Natural History), holds a camera as he kneels to take a picture on Barro Colorado Island in Panama. Throughout the 1940s and 1950s he made numerous trips to Panama to collect bird specimens with Smithsonian Secretary Alexander Wetmore.

Subject

• Perrygo, Watson M. 1906-1984
• United States National Museum
• National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
• Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI)

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

• 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.
• The caption written on the back of the image reads: "W. M. Perrygo, the photographer. Barro Colorado Island, C. Z. February 28, 1951".

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7006, Alexander Wetmore Papers, Box 178, Album: Panama, 1951

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

February 28, 1951

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

• Scientific expeditions
• Taxidermists
• Smithsonian Institution
• Personnel management
• Cameras
• Employees
• School field trips
• Smithsonian Institution--Employees
• Field trips

Place

• Barro Colorado Nature Monument (Panama)
• Barro Colorado Island
• Panama
• La Chorrera
• Barro Colorado Island (Panama)

Form/Genre

• Photographic print
• Person, candid

ID Number

SIA2010-0501 or Wetmore Negative Number 4567

Physical description

Number of Images: 1; Color: Color; Size: 3.5w x 3.5h; Type of Image: Person, candid; Medium: Photographic print

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