Hartmann Family and Bea Wetmore

Summary

In Santa Clara, Chiriquí, Panama, the family of Alois Hartmann with Beatrice Wetmore, second wife of sixth Smithsonian Secretary Alexander Wetmore, stand in front of a building.

Subject

• Wetmore, Annie Beatrice Thielen
• Hartmann, Alois S

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

• The image was taken by sixth Smithsonian Secretary (1944-1952) and ornithologist Alexander Wetmore while on a scientific expedition to Panama.
• 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 21, 1954

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

• Women
• Architecture
• Children
• School field trips
• Buildings--Panama
• Panamanians
• Field trips

Place

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

Form/Genre

• Photographic print
• Group, candid

ID Number

SIA2011-2158 or Wetmore Number 5578

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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