Alberdi, Paraguay During Secretary Wetmore's Field Work

Summary

Photograph of a street in Alberdi, Paraguay, at high noon. Small, open, thatch roofed structures line a dirt road with several small trees scattered throughout the area. A dog is asleep in the middle of the road and several people are sitting and standing in front of one of the structures. 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

August 26, 1920

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

• Scientific expeditions
• Secretariats
• Landscapes
• Animals
• Secretaries
• Field Work
• Birds
• Alberdi, Paraguay
• Paraguayans
• Ornithology
• Paraguay

Place

Paraguay

Form/Genre

• Photographic print
• Landscape
• Exterior

ID Number

SIA2012-0857 or Wetmore #1387

Physical description

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

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