Alexander Wetmore and Henri Pittier in Venezuela
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Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: October 24, 1937
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 7006, Box 174, Album 1
Alexander Wetmore, sixth Smithsonian Secretary and ornithologist, and Henri Pittier, in Ocumare de la Costa, Venezuela, 24 October 1937. Pittier was a Swiss-born geographer and botanist, who dedicated many years to the scientific study of Venezuela and began the Venezuelan National Park history.
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Alexander Wetmore collected bird specimens for the US National Museum in Venezuela, in 1937.
Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 7006, Box 174, Album 1
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.eduv
October 24, 1937
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SIA2010-1238 and 389
Color: Black and White; Size: 3w x 3.75h; Type of Image: Group, candid; Medium: Photographic print