Field photographs, 1934-1935.

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Field photographs, 1934-1935.

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Photographs documenting the expedition to the Marquesas, Tuamotus, and Galapagos Islands, and Peru, including views of birds and plant life, landscapes, local inhabitants, wildlife, and expedition life and travels. Anthropological studies were conducted by Harry L. Shapiro, and entomological studies and collecting were by Maurice Willows. Photographs were taken by Asaeda and Chapin. Photographs are identified.

1 photonegative : b&w glass.929 photonegatives : b&w nitrate.2 photonegatives : b&w.13 photoprints : b&w mounted on file cards.191 photoprints : b&w.2 albums (542 photoprints) : b&w mounted on file cards.

Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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American Museum of Natural History

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Jaques, Francis Lee, 1887-1969

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Willows, Maurice, 1876-1953

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Templeton Crocker Pacific Expedition (1934-1935)

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Chapin, James Paul, 1889-1964

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James Paul Chapin (July 9, 1889 – April 5, 1964) was an American ornithologist. Chapin was a former Curator at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. At the age of 19 he took the role of assistant to the American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915). This began his life-long association with that region and established his place as an expert on the birds of the Congo. A graduate of Columbia University, Chapin worked at the Museum from 1905 until his official retirement i...

Shapiro, Harry L. (Harry Lionel), 1902-1990

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Anthropologist at American Museum of Natural History. From the description of Papers 1930's-1950's?. (American Museum of Natural History). WorldCat record id: 39698417 Anthropologist, museum curator. Shapiro is Curator emeritus in the Dept. of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History. His professional interests are in human biology, race mixture, and population genetics. From the description of Anthropometric study, 1930-1934. (Un...

Zaca (Yacht)

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Crocker, Templeton, 1884-1948

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Chronologies 1884 September 2 Charles Templeton Crocker is born in San Francisco, California. 1888 August 14 Charles Crocker (Templeton Crocker's grandfather and one of the "big four" who built the Central Pacific Railroad) dies. 1898 ...

Asaeda, Toshio.

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