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Carlos' Sister

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    Object Details

    Author

    Wetmore, Alexander 1886-

    Subject

    Wetmore, Alexander 1886-

    Category

    Historic Images of the Smithsonian

    Notes

    Carlos worked as Alexander Wetmore's field assistant in Panama.
    See Negative Number SIA2010-3551 for another view of the summer camp.
    The geographic location of this image is approximated by the information provided in Wetmore's original description of the image. It is not an exact longitude and latitude.

    Summary

    Carlos' sister leans against a table as she stands in the open air summer camp above the house on the Isla Iguana. Pots and pans and other objects are on other tables. The image was taken by Smithsonian Secretary and ornithologist Alexander Wetmore while on an ornithological expedition to Panama.

    Contained within

    Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7006, Box 184, Folder: Album Panama 1957 Part 2

    Contact information

    Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

    Date

    February 27, 1957

    Standard number

    SIA2010-3552 or Wetmore Negative Number 6299

    Restrictions & Rights

    No restrictions

    Type

    Photographic print
    Person, candid

    Physical description

    Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and white ; Size: 4.5w x 4.6h ; Type of Image: Person, candid ; Medium: Photographic print

    Place

    Panama
    Panama, Los Santos, Pedasi, Isla Iguana

    Data Source

    Smithsonian Archives - History Div

    Topic

    House furnishings
    Camps
    Islands
    Scientific expeditions
    Women
    Panamanians
    Children
    Field trips

    Metadata Usage

    Usage conditions apply

    Record ID

    siris_sic_12406

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