Slides : Smithsonian-Bredin Caribbean Expedition, 1956 (1 of 2)

Related Titles

Contained In: Waldo L. Schmitt Papers, 1907-1978

Series: SIA RU007231

Series: Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history

By

Schmitt, Waldo L. (Waldo Lasalle), 1887-1977

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1956

Notes

Color slides document work completed by Waldo L. Schmitt during the Smithsonian-Bredin Caribbean Expedition, 1956. Slides are labeled with location, number, and sometimes a description or name of person photographed. Subject matter includes the cultivation of sugarcane and shipping of sugar; vistas of bays and coastline from shore; candid images of participants and crew; preparing specimens; collecting on the beach; aboard the sailing vessel; countryside of islands; communities visited; and collecting with a seine net. Locations include the vicinity of Porto Rico [Puerto Rico], Grenadines [Grenadine Islands], Trinidad, Antigua, Barbados, and Martinique.

Subjects

Antigua , Barbados , Caribbean Sea , Field notes , Grenadine Islands , Martinique , Puerto Rico , Slides (photographs) , Smithsonian-Bredin Caribbean Expeditions (1956-195 , Trinidad , Zoology

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.150501