Alexander Wetmore in Costa Rica
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PrintAlexander 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.
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7006, Box 174, Album 2
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
1940
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Costa Rica
SA 7006-921
Color: Black and White; Size: 4w x 3h; Type of Image: Person, candid; Medium: Photographic print