Las Palmas, Argentina During Secretary Wetmore's Field Work

Summary

Photograph of Shining cowbirds, Molothrus bonariensis, warming their feet on a cold winter's morning by standing on the back of a horse in Las Palmas within Chaco, Argentina on July 13, 1920. The horse and birds are in a small field next to a one story house. This photograph was taken by Alexander Wetmore, noted ornithologist and sixth Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1944-1952, while conducting field work for the United States Bureau of Biological Survey throughout the islands of the Caribbean and various Latin American countries.

Subject

United States Bureau of Biological Survey

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

There are a variety of pictures from Wetmore's field work in Latin America at this SIA location.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7006, Box 170, Album: I "Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay - 1920"

Contact information

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

Date

July 13, 1920

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

• Scientific expeditions
• Secretariats
• Animals
• Secretaries
• Horses
• Field Work
• Birds
• Las Palmas, Argentina
• Ornithology
• Argentina

Form/Genre

• Photographic print
• Animal, candid

ID Number

SIA2012-0867 or B. S. 21957

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 4w x 3h; Type of Image: Animal, candid; Medium: Photographic print

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