Las Palmas, Argentina During Secretary Wetmore's Field Work
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ID: SIA2012-0849 or Wetmore #1354
Creator: Wetmore, Alexander 1886-
Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: July 19, 1920
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7006, Box 170, Album: I "Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay - 1920"
Photograph of Alexander Wetmore's quarters at the fonda, a eating and/or drinking establishment, in Las Palmas, in Chaco, Argentina. Visible in this image is the large white house where Wetmore stays during his field work in this area, as well as three unidentified men on the front porch. 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.
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Historic Images of the Smithsonian
There are a variety of pictures from Wetmore's field work in Latin America at this SIA location.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7006, Box 170, Album: I "Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay - 1920"
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
July 19, 1920
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SIA2012-0849 or Wetmore #1354
Color: Black and White; Size: 4w x 3h; Type of Image: Exterior; Medium: Photographic print