Album 2 Curacao and Venezuela, 1954
date: label: Date Range
content: 1953-1954
label: Start Date
content: 1953
label: End Date
content: 1954
notes: label: Abstract
content: The photograph album documents Alexander Wetmore's work in Venezuela and Curaçao [Netherlands Antilles]. Alexander Wetmore traveled to the Amazonas territory of Venezuela in 1954 to take part in a ornithological expedition sponsored by William H. Phelps. Photographs include numbers, date, and caption with description and location. Subject matter includes views from the yacht Ornis; harbors; fisherman working on netting in Curaçao; examples of terrain (shorelines, lagoons, countryside); aerial photographs of Amazonas territory; the plane used over the Amazonas; expedition travel down the rivers of Amazonas; members preparing specimens; and camp sites. Locations include the vicinity of Willemstad (island of Curaçao), and (Venezuela) Aragua, Chichiriviche, Río Yatua. Includes photographs of Wetmore, Beatrice Thielen Wetmore, James H. Kempton, Kathleen D. Phelps, and William H. Phelps, Jr.
place: label: Place
content: Venezuela
label: Place
content: Netherlands Antilles
label: Place
content: Amazonas
label: Place
content: Willemstad
label: Place
content: Aragua
label: Place
content: Chichiriviche
label: Place
content: Yatua, Río
label: Place
content: Curaçao
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: Phelps Expedition to Territory of Amazonas, Venezuela (1954)
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 184 Folder 2