Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and white; Size: 4.5w x 4.6h; Type of Image: Group, candid; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Group, candid
Place:
Panama
San Blas Islands (Panama)
Panama, San Blas, Mandinga
Date:
February 9, 1957
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes:
Bea Wetmore was the wife of Alexander Wetmore. Florentino Sánchez and Semy were associates Wetmore met while on expedition in Panama.
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:
Florentino Sánchez and Bea Wetmore stand with Semy's family (women and child) in Mandinga, San Blas, Panama. Several bunches of bananas lie on the ground. 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: Panama 1957 Part 1