Field photographs, 1924-1925.

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Field photographs, 1924-1925.

Photographs documenting Dr. Robert C. Murphy's field work in Peru and Ecuador with his wife. Collection includes views of birds and habitats, local inhabitants, and thier land and lifestyles. Additional locations include Chile, Panama, and Colombia. Photographs were taken by Grace E. Barstow Murphy, Julius Kirchner, and Van Campen Heilner. Copy photographs by Julius Kirchner. Photographs are identified.

2 albums (647 photoprints)

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American Museum of Natural History

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Brooklyn Museum

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Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences

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Heilner, Van Campen, 1899-1970

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Kirchner, Julius

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Murphy, Robert Cushman, 1887-1973

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Pan-American Scientific Congress

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Murphy's Expedition to Peru and Ecuador (1924-1925)

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Dr. Murphy and his wife Grace E.B. Murphy sailed on Nov. 22, 1924 to South America for a three month expedition. The objective was to attend the Third Pan-American Scientific Congress in Lima, Dec. 1924 and then to continue to Ecuador, meet Van Campen Heilner, and resume ornithological and oceanographic field work from the point where he had left it in 1920 while on the Brooklyn Museum Peruvian Littoral Expedition. From the description of Field photographs, 1924-1925. (Unknown). Worl...

Murphy, Grace Emeline Barstow, 1888-1975.

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Grace Emeline Barstow Murphy was an author and a conservationist. From the description of Papers, 1835-1973. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122440139 ...