Mayan Mound in Guatemala
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Creator: Wetmore, Alexander 1886-
Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: November 26, 1940
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7006, Box 174, Album 2
Alexander Wetmore, ornithologist and sixth secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, visited Costa Rica to collect bird specimens for the United States National Museum, traveled to examine the biological laboratory on Barro Colorado Island in Panama, and went to an archaeological site in Guatemala in 1940. These Mayan mounds were at the archaeological site in Quirigua, Guatemala Wetmore visited.
Wetmore, Alexander 1886-
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
November 26, 1940
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SIA2011-1375 and Wetmore # 977
Number of Images: 1 Color: Black and White; Size: 4w x 2.75h; Type of Image: Landscape; Medium: Photographic print