Album 1 Panama, 1951
date: label: Date Range
content: 1951
label: Start Date
content: 1951
label: End Date
content: 1951
notes: label: Abstract
content: The photograph album documents Alexander Wetmore's work in Panama during 1951 to collect bird specimens in Cerro Campana and other points in Panama. He was assisted by Watson M. Perrygo. Photographs include numbers, date, and caption with description and location. Subject matter includes Panamanians in daily activities (including pounding rice); towns,individual structures and residences; hieroglyphs and pictographs at El Valle, Coclé; structures of Barro Colorado Laboratory; tame tapirs at the laboratory; lodgings; observed birds, young, and their nests; terrain (shorelines, forests, valleys); and Perrygo preparing specimens. Some observed birds are identified by their Latin names. Includes photographs of Wetmore, Watson M. Perrygo, Harold Trapido, Shirley Gage, Graham Bell Fairchild, Marshall Hertig, James Zetek, Marion Illg Stirling, Matthew Williams Stirling, and Richard H. Stewart. Also includes photographs of the Canal Zone Biological Area.
place: label: Place
content: Panama
label: Place
content: Canal Zone
label: Place
content: Colón
label: Place
content: Palmas Bellas
label: Place
content: El Valle
label: Place
content: Barro Colorado
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
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 181