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Album 2 Panama, 1959, volume 1 : includes photographs of Wetmore and Beatrice Thielen Wetmore

by: Wetmore, Alexander, 1886-1978

Publication date: 1959

Topics: United States National Museum, Ornithology, Choco Indians

Collection: sifieldbooks; biodiversity

Contributor: Smithsonian Institution Archives

Language: English

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The photograph album (Volume 1) documents Alexander Wetmore's collecting efforts in Panama in 1959. Photographs are numbered, and captioned with location, description, and date. Subject matter includes waterways and shorelines; travel by cayuco; villages and individual structures; candid images of colleagues, Choco Indians, Panamanian employees,and families; preparation of specimens; transport of supplies; examples of local building practices; camp sites; vegetation of collecting sites; and examples of jungle rats (source of blood samples). Locations include the vicinity of Darien in the Canal Zone. Includes photographs of Wetmore and Beatrice Thielen Wetmore

Abstract: The photograph album (Volume 1) documents Alexander Wetmore"s collecting efforts in Panama in 1959. Photographs are numbered, and captioned with location, description, and date. Subject matter includes waterways and shorelines; travel by cayuco; villages and individual structures; candid images of colleagues, Choco Indians, Panamanian employees,and families; preparation of specimens; transport of supplies; examples of local building practices; camp sites; vegetation of collecting sites; and examples of jungle rats (source of blood samples). Locations include the vicinity of Darien in the Canal Zone. Includes photographs of Wetmore and Beatrice Thielen Wetmore.