Alexander Wetmore - Photo Album, Panama, 1951 (Volume 1)

If you were building a new scientific research facility in Panama, who would you send to survey the grounds? In 1951, the Smithsonian sent its intrepid research duo Secretary Alexander Wetmore and Natural History taxidermist Watson M. Perrygo. Watson and Perrygo traveled to Panama annually to study and collect birds. On this particular 1951 research trip, the team stopped by the "site for [the] new building" on the Barro Colorado Island Canal Zone. That area is now known as the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, an area of Panama that the Smithsonian has been researching as far back as 1910. Travel to Panama with Watson and Perrygo and help transcribe the image captions from this remarkable album! (Formatting Note: No need to describe image placement on the page! Please use [[image]] on the first line to indicate a photo, followed by a second line with the caption, and a third with the date.)