Carl Hettman at Puerto Pinasco, Paraguay in 1920

ID: SIA2012-0859 or Wetmore #1391

Creator: Wetmore, Alexander 1886-

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: September 14, 1920

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

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Summary

Carl Hettman sitting on his horse at Kilometro 80, west of Puerto Pinasco, Paraguay. 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

September 14, 1920

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Scientific expeditions
  • Secretariats
  • Animals
  • Secretaries
  • Horses
  • Field Work
  • Puerto Pinasco, Paraguay
  • Birds
  • Hettman, Carl
  • Ornithology
  • Paraguay

Place

Paraguay

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Person, candid

ID Number

SIA2012-0859 or Wetmore #1391

Physical description

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

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