Wetmore's House with Inscription

ID: SIA2011-2160 and Wetmore Number 5581

Creator: Wetmore, Alexander 1886-

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: March 21, 1954

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

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Summary

The exterior wall of a house, used by Smithsonian Secretary Alexander Wetmore, while doing ornithological field work in Santa Clara, Chiriquí, Panama, that has an inscription with the words "Santa Clara!" and "Nazdar!" (Hello in Czech) written by Alois Hartmann.

Subject

Hartmann, Alois S

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.
  • Alois Hartmann was an inveterate hunter and explorer who discovered hundreds of precious pre-Colombian artifacts because of his knowledge of the area and Panamanian archeology

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

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Topic

  • Scientific expeditions
  • Houses
  • School field trips
  • Field trips

Place

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

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Exterior

ID Number

SIA2011-2160 and Wetmore Number 5581

Physical description

Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and white; Size: 4.75w x 4.62h; Type of Image: Exterior; Medium: Photographic print

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