Coconut Palms, Paraiso, Panama
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Creator: Busck, August
Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: 1912
Citation: "Completion of the Biological Survey of the Panama Canal Zone," Explorations and Field-Work of the Smithsonian Institution in 1912, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Vol. 60, No. 30, p. 68, figure 74
Two coconut palms, Paraiso, Panama: one normal; the other denuded by caterpillars. From 1910 to 1912, the Smithsonian participated in the Biological Survey of the Panama Canal Zone, to document the natural history of the Canal Zone prior to construction of the Panama Canal. August Busck, of the Bureau of Entomology, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), was a member of the field party and took this picture.
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"Completion of the Biological Survey of the Panama Canal Zone," Explorations and Field-Work of the Smithsonian Institution in 1912, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Vol. 60, No. 30, p. 68, figure 74
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
1912
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SIA2010-0022 and 96-4622
Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and White; Size: 3.0w x 4.25h; Type of Image: Landscape; Medium: Photographic print