Walter Rathbone Bacon Traveling Scholarship Expeditions to the East and West Coasts of South America, 1925-1927 : photographs of the Juan Fernandez Islands (1 of 3)
date: label: Date Range
content: 1925-1927
label: Start Date
content: 1925
label: End Date
content: 1927
notes: label: Abstract
content: Black-and-white photographs document Waldo Schmitt's work in the Juan Fernández Islands during the Walter Rathbone Bacon Traveling Scholarship Expeditions to the East and West Coasts of South America, 1925-1927. Some images have numbers or descriptions recorded on the reserve side. Subject matter includes images from aboard ship; coast line of the islands; pebble beaches; vessels in port; Robinson Crusoe reenactments for visitors; portraits of Waldo Schmitt; candid images of local inhabitants; portrait of Rene Durand; panorama of hillsides; vistas and detail images of vegetation; reproductions of engravings of the island. Some descriptions indicate that images were used in a National Geographic publication. Photographs come from several sources including Camden S. McLain. Some photographs were used in publication.
place: label: Place
content: South America
label: Place
content: Juan Fernández, Archipiélago
topic: label: Topic
content: Zoology
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content: Waldo L. Schmitt Papers, 1907-1978
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content: Schmitt, Waldo L. (Waldo Lasalle), 1887-1977
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content: Walter Rathbone Bacon Traveling Scholarship Expedition (1925-1927)
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content: McLain, Camden S.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Smithsonian Field Book Project
identifier: label: Accession #
content: SIA RU007231
objectType: label: Record type
content: Fieldbook record
label: Object Type
content: Field notes
label: Object Type
content: Black-and-white photographs
objectRights: label: Access Information
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physicalDescription: label: Collection name
content: Waldo L. Schmitt Papers, 1907-1978
label: Physical Description
content: 82 black-and-white photographs
label: Physical Location
content: Smithsonian Institution Archives
label: Sublocation
content: Box 82