Papito and Gedón (Armagedón) Hartmann with Secretary Alexander Wetmore

ID: SIA2011-2153 or Wetmore Number 5559

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: March 16, 1954

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7006, Box 180, Folder: Panama 1954

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Summary

Papito and Gedón (Armagedón) Hartmann with sixth Smithsonian Secretary Alexander Wetmore in Santa Clara, Chiriquí, Panama. All three are holding rifles. Wetmore is holding a dead bird in each hand.

Subject

  • Hartmann, Armagedón
  • Wetmore, Alexander 1886-
  • Hartmann, Papito

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

  • The image was taken during a scientific expedition to Panama by sixth Smithsonian Secretary (1944-1952) and ornithologist Alexander Wetmore.
  • When Wetmore made his trips to Panama, he always requested Ratibor Hartmann to be his assistant. Ratibor Hartmann was the eldest son of Alois Hartmann, who had helped on medical and naturalists' expeditions because of his knowledge of the area and Panamanian archeology to explore the jungles of the Western Highlands of Chiriquí. Ratibor took over from his father leading expeditions from the Gorgas Memorial Institute, where he worked, and several United States academic institutions in the field. Ratibor and his brother Gedón (Armagedón) Hartmann accompanied Wetmore on many of his expeditions.
  • 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, Record Unit 7006, Box 180, Folder: Panama 1954

Contact information

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

Date

March 16, 1954

Restrictions & Rights

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Topic

  • Scientific expeditions
  • Animals
  • Specimens
  • Birds
  • Children
  • School field trips
  • Rifles
  • Natural areas
  • Ornithologists
  • Panamanians
  • Field trips
  • Ornithology

Place

  • Santa Clara
  • Chiriqui
  • Panama
  • Chiriquí (Panama : Province)

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Group, candid

ID Number

SIA2011-2153 or Wetmore Number 5559

Physical description

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

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