Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="415" caption="National Geogrqaphical Society photographer Richard Stewart is photographing an archological site being excavated by Matthew and Marion Stirling of the Smithsonian's Bureau of American Ethnology, south of Parita, Herrera, Panama, March 2, 1948, by Alexander Wetmore, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives,
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="422" caption="Victor and Cosmos Mindeleff building models of the Penasco Blanco Pueblo Indian village for use in the Bureau of American Ethnology exhibitions, 19th century, c. 1885, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 28, Folder 31, Negative Number: 6084."][/caption]
Description: [view in Spanish]As a young artist living in Washington, William H. Holmes began sketching specimens for scientists at the U.S. National Museum. Based on that experience, he was invited to join the U.S. GeologicalSurvey of the Territories under the command of Ferdinand Vandiveer Hayden in 1872.During his early years in the western territories, Holmes refined his skills as an
Description: [view in Spanish] Smithsonian scientists have a long history of collaborative research in the Caribbean. In 1914 a Smithsonian expedition traveled to western Cuba and the Colorados reefs to study land and marine geology, flora, and fauna. John Brooks Henderson, a member of the Smithsonian's Board of Regents, had collected marine mollusks in southern Florida and wanted a