Album 1 Pacific Islands, 1923 (Tanager Expedition), volume 2
date: label: Date Range
content: 1923
label: Start Date
content: 19230802
label: End Date
content: 19230427
notes: label: Abstract
content: The photograph album (volume 2) documents Alexander Wetmore's participation in the Tanager Expedition, 1923, while working for the U.S. Department Agriculture (USDA), Bureau of Biological Survey. The expedition was conducted with the cooperation of the U.S. Navy, Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, and USDA. Photographs sometimes include numbers, date, and caption with description and location. Images include shorelines, examples of vegetation and wildlife of the islands visited, old camp and equipment of feather poachers, camp sites of the expedition, candid images of expedition participants, and rat traps, sites around Honolulu, several images of Albatross on Laysan Island, |Includes photographs of Wetmore, William G. Anderson, Eric Schlemmer, Charles Howard Edmondson, and Stanley Crittenden Ball.
place: label: Place
content: United States
label: Place
content: Hawaii
label: Place
content: Hawaiian Islands
label: Place
content: Wake Island
label: Place
content: Peale Island
label: Place
content: Oahu Island
label: Place
content: Honolulu
label: Place
content: Laysan Island
topic: label: Topic
content: Ornithology
setName: label: See more records from this collection
content: Alexander Wetmore Papers, circa 1848-1979 and undated
label: See more records associated with this person
content: Wetmore, Alexander, 1886-1978
label: See more records associated with this expedition
content: Tanager Expedition (1923)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Smithsonian Field Book Project
identifier: label: Accession #
content: SIA RU007006
objectType: label: Record type
content: Fieldbook record
label: Object Type
content: Field notes
label: Object Type
content: Photograph albums
objectRights: label: Access Information
content: Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu.
physicalDescription: label: Collection name
content: Alexander Wetmore Papers, circa 1848-1979 and undated
label: Physical Description
content: 1 Photograph album
label: Physical Location
content: Smithsonian Institution Archives
label: Sublocation
content: Box 172 Folder 1