Formosa, Argentina During Secretary Wetmore's Field Work
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Creator: Wetmore, Alexander 1886-
Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: August 4, 1920
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7006, Box 170, Album: I "Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay - 1920"
Residence and offices of the Governor of Formosa in Formosa, Argentina on August 4, 1920. This photograph shows most of the building along with its large covered porch that circles the entire structure. There is a small horse and buggy with two unidentified people next the building. 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
August 4, 1920
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SIA2012-0869 or B. S. 22006
Color: Black and White; Size: 4w x 3h; Type of Image: Exterior; Medium: Photographic print