Rocky Island, Panama Bay, with Frigate Birds
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ID: SIA2010-0028 and 96-4627
Creator: Marsh, C. Dwight (Charles Dwight)
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. 73, figure 80
Frigate birds flying around Rocky Island in Panama Bay. Plankton collections were made near this spot attracted the birds. 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. Dr. Charles D. Marsh, from the Bureau of Plant Industry, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), was a member of the field party and took this picture.
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
"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. 73, figure 80
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
1912
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SIA2010-0028 and 96-4627
Color: Black and White; Size: 3.75w x 2.63h; Type of Image: Landscape; Medium: Photographic print