Alexander Wetmore Canopy Bridge, Panama

Summary

• A canopy bridge in the Bayano River Basin in Panama named the Alexander Wetmore Bridge in honor of ornithologist and sixth Secretary of the Smithsonian Alexander Wetmore. The photograph shows span of the bridge through the trees. There are two unidentified men in the photo standing on the bridge. This bridge is used to trap and band birds in the high canopy of the trees.
• The Bayano River also known as the upper part of the Chepo River and was damned in the 1970s to create Lago Bayano.

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

• Ornithologist and sixth Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution (1944-1952), Alexander Wetmore, conducted extensive field work in Panama, concluding in his three volume work, "The Birds of Panama."
• Negative Number 98-3498 is the same print. See also Negative Numbers SIA2010-1516 (801-22), SIA2010-1517 (801-23), SIA2010-1518 (801-26), and 98-3498 for other photographs of the bridge.
• The geographic location of this image is approximated by the information provided in the original description of the image. It is not an exact longitude and latitude.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7006, Box 21, Folder: 12

Contact information

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

Date

1973

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

• Bridges
• Scientific expeditions
• Landscapes
• Animals
• Bayano River Basin Station
• Alexander Wetmore Bridge, Panama
• Birds
• Field Work
• Flora and fauna
• Field work
• Natural areas
• Ornithology--Field work

Place

• Panama
• Bayano Basin
• Bayano River

Form/Genre

• Photographic print
• Landscape

ID Number

SIA2010-1519 or 801-30 or 98-3498

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Landscape; Medium: Photographic print

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