Across the Harbor at Porto Bello, Panama
ID: SIA2010-0010 and 97-58
Creator: Pittier, Henri
Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: 1910-1911
Citation: "Completion of the Biological Survey of the Panama Canal Zone," Explorations Organized or Participated in by the Smithsonian Institution in 1910 and 1911, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Vol. 59, No. 11, p. 22, figure 23
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A view of buildings across the harbor at Porto Bello, Panama, and a sailing boat on the water, taken by Professor Henri Pittier from the Bureau of Plant Industry, United States Department of Agriculture, a member of the field party. 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.
Subject
- United States Dept. of Agriculture Bureau of Plant Industry
- Panama Canal Zone
- Biological Survey of the Panama Canal Zone, 1910-1912
Category
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Contained within
"Completion of the Biological Survey of the Panama Canal Zone," Explorations Organized or Participated in by the Smithsonian Institution in 1910 and 1911, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Vol. 59, No. 11, p. 22, figure 23
Contact information
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Date
1910-1911
Restrictions & Rights
No restrictions
Topic
- Scientific expeditions
- Boats and boating
- Landscapes
- Architecture
- Natural History
- Bays
- Field Work
- Explorations Organized or Participated in by the Smithsonian Institution in 1910 and 1911
- Harbor at Porto Bello, Panama
- Natural areas
- Natural history
- Buildings--Panama
Place
- Portobelo Bay (Panama)
- Panama
- Portobelo (Panama)
Form/Genre
- Photographic print
- Landscape
ID Number
SIA2010-0010 and 97-58
Physical description
Color: Black and White; Number of Images: 1; Size: 4.16w x 2.5h; Type of Image: Landscape; Medium: Photographic print