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Album 1 Haiti and Dominican Republic, 1927, 1931

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In 1927 Alexander Wetmore traveled to Haiti and Dominican Republic to make natural history collections for the US National Museum. The photograph album documents his work in Haiti and Dominican Republic in 1927 and 1931. Photographs are chronological, and sometimes include numbers, date, and caption with description and location. Subject matter includes examples of vegetation, adult, young birds,

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Album 1 Pacific Islands, 1923 (Tanager Expedition), volume 2

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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 i

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Album 1 Panama (Darien), 1947

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The photograph album documents Alexander Wetmore's work in Panama (Darien), 1947. Includes photographs of Wetmore, Watson M. Perrygo, James Zetek, and C. W. Quaintance. Also included are photographs of the Canal Zone Biological Area. Photographs sometimes include numbers, date, and caption with description and location. Subject matter includes terrain observed; examples of transportation between c

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Album 1 Panama and Coiba Island, 1956

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The photograph album documents Alexander Wetmore's travels to Panama in 1956 to visit the Canal Zone Biological Area, and collect bird specimens in the Canal Zone and on Isla Coiba. Photographs are numbered, and captioned with location, description, and date. Subject matter includes structures and images of convicts and non-convicts of a penal colony on Coiba Island; examples of vegetation; exampl

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Album 1 Panama, 1949 : includes photographs of Wetmore, Watson M. Perrygo, Richard H. Stewart, Matthew Williams Stirling, Marion Illg Stirling, and James Zetek

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The photograph album documents Alexander Wetmore's work in Panama in 1949. He was assisted by Watson M. Perrygo. Photographs include numbers, date, and caption with description and location. Subject matter includes images documenting their travel across Panama, Panamanians encountered and employed by Wetmore; examples of the vegetation seen in region; terrain (savannas, rivers, wetlands, forests);

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Album 1 Panama, 1951

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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; hierogly

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Album 1 Panama, 1954 : includes photographs of Wetmore and Beatrice Thielen Wetmore

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Photograph album documents Alexander Wetmore's work in Panama in 1954. He visited the Canal Zone Biological Area and collected bird specimens in Chiriqui. Report in a related folder indicates most of his work focused on the 4000 -6000 foot elevations in the subtropical zone. He was assisted by Beatrice Thielen Wetmore. Photographs include numbers, date, and caption with description and location. S

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Album 1 Panama, 1957, volume 1

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The photograph album (Volume 1) documents Alexander Wetmore's work in Panama in 1957. Photographs include numbers, dates, and captions with description and location. Subject matter includes lodgings; birds' nests and their environs; structures and airstrip at Mandinga; collected specimens; San Blas [Cuna] Indians (individuals, children and families); images on the trail; and colleagues. Locations

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Album 1 Panama, 1957, volume 2

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The photograph album (Volume 2) documents Alexander Wetmore's work in Panama in 1957. Photographs include numbers, date, and caption with description and location. Subject matter includes shorelines; flocks of birds; candid scenes of Panamanians and their families; towns and structures; bull-fighting; examples of area vegetation (Mangrove roots). Locations include vicinity of Los Santos, Isla Igua

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Album 1 Panama, 1960 : includes photographs of Wetmore, Beatrice Thielen Wetmore, and Frank Alexander Hartman

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The photograph album documents Alexander Wetmore's work in Panama in 1960. Most sites visited are in the vicinity of Pearl Islands and Chiriqui. Photographs are numbered, and captioned with location, description, and date. Subject matter shorelines (beaches, rivers); open terrain of Chiriqui; birds, nests, and their environs; structures in villages; candid images of colleagues and Panamanian emplo

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Album 1 Panama, 1962 : volume 1, includes photographs of Wetmore, Beatrice Thielen Wetmore, Charles O. Handley, Jr., Helena M. Weiss, and Francis Greenwell

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The photograph album (Volume 1) documents Alexander Wetmore's work in Panama in 1962. Photographs are numbered, and captioned with location, description, and date. Subject matter includes observed birds, eggs, nests, and their environs; vistas and detailed images of forests, trails, and open fields; candid images of Panamanians, families, and colleagues; villages, farms, and individual structures;

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Album 1 Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, and Peru, 1920-1921 : includes photographs of Wetmore, James Lee Peters, and Wilfrid B. Alexander

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The photograph album documents Alexander Wetmore's work in South America for the U.S. Department Agriculture, Bureau of Biological Survey, 1920-1921. He was investigating the distribution of life zones of North American migratory birds in Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, and Peru. Photographs sometimes include numbers (assigned by Wetmore), date, and caption with description and location. Photographs do

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Album 1 Haiti and Dominican Republic, 1927, 1931

Album 1 Pacific Islands, 1923 (Tanager Expedition), volume 2

Album 1 Panama (Darien), 1947

Album 1 Panama and Coiba Island, 1956

Album 1 Panama, 1949 : includes photographs of Wetmore, Watson M. Perrygo, Richard H. Stewart, Matthew Williams Stirling, Marion Illg Stirling, and James Zetek

Album 1 Panama, 1951

Album 1 Panama, 1954 : includes photographs of Wetmore and Beatrice Thielen Wetmore

Album 1 Panama, 1957, volume 1

Album 1 Panama, 1957, volume 2

Album 1 Panama, 1960 : includes photographs of Wetmore, Beatrice Thielen Wetmore, and Frank Alexander Hartman

Album 1 Panama, 1962 : volume 1, includes photographs of Wetmore, Beatrice Thielen Wetmore, Charles O. Handley, Jr., Helena M. Weiss, and Francis Greenwell

Album 1 Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, and Peru, 1920-1921 : includes photographs of Wetmore, James Lee Peters, and Wilfrid B. Alexander