Alexander Wetmore in Costa Rica

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Summary

Alexander Wetmore (1886-1978), ornithologist and sixth Secretary of the Smithsonian (1944-1952), sits on his horse, La Perla, as he is en route to Hacienda Santa Maria, Costa Rica. Wetmore visited Costa Rica to collect bird specimens for the United States National Museum and to examine the biological laboratory on Barro Colorado Island in the Panama Canal and an archeological site in Guatemala.

Subject

  • Wetmore, Alexander 1886-
  • La Perla
  • Barro Colorado Island Biological Laboratory
  • United States National Museum

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7006, Box 174, Album 2

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1940

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Scientific expeditions
  • Secretariats
  • Animals
  • Secretaries
  • Horses
  • Birds
  • School field trips
  • Ornithologists
  • Costa Rica
  • Field trips

Place

Costa Rica

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Person, candid

ID Number

SA 7006-921

Physical description

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

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