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Album 3 Panama, 1959, volume 2 : includes photographs of Wetmore, Beatrice Thielen Wetmore, and Martin Humphrey Moynihan

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 2) documents Alexander Wetmore's collecting efforts in Darién, Panama in 1959. Photographs are numbered, and captioned with location, description, and date. Subject matter includes preparing specimens; shorelines and waterways; villages; examples of vegetation; camp sites; Choco Indians; travel by cayuco; candid images of colleagues, Choco Indians, Panamanian employees, and families; transport of supplies; roads around the naval reserve. Locations include the vicinity of Boca De Paya, Boca de Cupe, Rio Tuira; and Gamboa. Includes photographs of Wetmore, Beatrice Thielen Wetmore, and Martin Humphrey Moynihan

Abstract: The photograph album (Volume 2) documents Alexander Wetmore"s collecting efforts in Darién, Panama in 1959. Photographs are numbered, and captioned with location, description, and date. Subject matter includes preparing specimens; shorelines and waterways; villages; examples of vegetation; camp sites; Choco Indians; travel by cayuco; candid images of colleagues, Choco Indians, Panamanian employees, and families; transport of supplies; roads around the naval reserve. Locations include the vicinity of Boca De Paya, Boca de Cupe, Rio Tuira; and Gamboa. Includes photographs of Wetmore, Beatrice Thielen Wetmore, and Martin Humphrey Moynihan.