Walter Rathbone Bacon Traveling Scholarship Expeditions to the East and West Coasts of South America, 1925-1927 : photographs (1 of 5)

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

1925-1927

Notes

The black-and-white photographs document Waldo Schmitt's work during the Walter Rathbone Bacon Traveling Scholarship Expeditions to the East and West Coasts of South America, 1925-1927. Photographs are usually numbered, and have descriptions, dates, and notes on the reverse sides. Photographs include images of ports and vessels, structures and streets in town, candid images of local inhabitants, fish vendors, the museum in Rio de Janeiro and related garden, accommodations, vegetation of shorelines (some detail images), rural landscapes, group portraits, and skylines. Box 80 folder 12 is a notebook listing photographs by number, sometimes with more descriptive information. Locations include the vicinity of Ilha de Paquetá and Cabo Frio in Brazil.

Subjects

Black-and-white photographs , Brazil , Crustaceans , Field notes , Frio, Cabo , Paquetá, Ilha de , South America , Walter Rathbone Bacon Traveling Scholarship Expedi , Zoology

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.155715