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    		• Hitchcock, A. S.
     
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    		• Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI)
     
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    		• Biological Survey of the Panama Canal Zone, 1923-1924
     
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    		• Field Stations
     
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    		• Tropical Biology
     
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    		• Biology
     
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    		• Islands
     
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    		• Natural history
     
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    		• Botany
     
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    		• Barro Colorado Island (Panama)
     
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    		• Panama
     
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    Barro Colorado Island -- The Approach to the Landing
     
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    Catalog: 
    Historic Images of the Smithsonian
    Title: 
    Barro Colorado Island -- The Approach to the Landing
    Date: 
    1923-1924
    Author/Creator: 
    Hitchcock, A. S. 1865-1935
    Contained In: 
    Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 229, Box 19, Folder 2
    Summary: 
    The approach to the landing place for the laboratory on Barro Colorado Island, Panama, now part of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama.
    The image was taken by Albert Spear Hitchcock, botanist with the United States Department of Agriculture and honorary curator of the Smithsonian's United States National Herbarium while on the Biological Survey of the Panama Canal Zone, 1923-1924. Smithsonian staff members were in Panama with the Institute for Research in Tropical America, a group of private foundations and universities under the auspices of the National Research Council, who first established a research laboratory on Barro Colorado Island, Panama Canal Zone, in order to investigate the flora and fauna of tropical America.
    Notes: 
    The negative number #1106 is Hitchcock's negative number. The original photograph is located in Hitchcock's travel album.
    Access: 
    United States Department of Agriculture
    Physical_Description: 
    Color: Black and White; Size: 5w x 3h; Type of Image: Exterior; Medium: Photographic print
    Negative Number: 
    SIA2009-2923 and Hitchcock 1106
    Ordering Information: 
    For permission to reproduce or publish, contact osiaref@si.edu or call 202-633-5870. To order reproductions, call 202-633-1933 or contact photos@si.edu.
    Digital Reference: 
    Images
    Digital Copies: 
    SIA2009-2923.tif, 1200 dpi
    Subject: 
    Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI)
    Biological Survey of the Panama Canal Zone, 1923-1924
    Field Stations
    Tropical Biology
    Biology
    Islands -- Panama
    Natural history -- Panama
    Botany
    Barro Colorado Island (Panama)
    Panama
    Form/Genre: 
    Photographic print
    Exterior
    Contact Information: 
    Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
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