Field Book Project

Flash! Dinosaur National Monument

Discovery of fossils, Dinosaur National Monument, 1923. Excavation of Dinosaur National Monument Quarry, 1900-1935. From black and white lantern slides found in the Division of Vertebrate Paleontology Records.

Flash! Seal on Palmer Peninsula

Seal on the Palmer Peninsula, Antarctica, c. 1962.  Taken during underwater specimen collecting during Waldo Schmitt's work on the Palmer Peninsula, 1962-1963. SIA2012-0670.

Flash! Passiflora acuminata DC

This photograph is included in the field notes of André Goeldi and part of a collection that includes 36 black-and-white photographs of specimens. André Goeldi was a Brazilian botanist who collected in Pará, Brazil, circa 1913-1920. SIA2012-3917.

Flash! Fish Collections

Portion of the fish collected by Waldo Schmitt off the coast of Matiti Island, Tikahau, 1957. Collected during the Smithsonian-Bredin Society Islands Expedition. SIA2012-0652.

Flash! Wedge-tailed Shearwater Chick

Wedge-tailed shearwater chick, Lisianski Island, October 1966.This photograph was taken by researcher Patrick J. Gould during his work with the Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program. SIA2011-1364.

Flash! Iceland Poppy

Iceland Poppy, East Greenland, 1939. Photograph was taken during Bob Bartlett's expedition to Greenland, 1939. SIA2012-0658.

Flash! Excavation

Taking out slab containing three Merycochoerus skeletons. Excavations led by Barbour, Wortman, and Gidley in various locations throughout the United States, circa 1900-1935. From lantern slides found in the Division of Vertebrate Paleontology Records. SIA2011-1416.

Flash! Expedition Vessel

Expedition vessel as seen from shore of Tahiti in Papeete, during Smithsonian-Bredin Society Expedition, 1957. Photograph taken by Waldo Schmitt during the collecting expedition for the Invertebrate Zoology department. SIA2012-0653.

Flash! Group Photo in Field

Group photograph in field by A. S. Hitchcock, 1918. A. Johnston, Scientific Director of United Fruit Co.; Van Dine, Director of Laboratory, Tropical Plant Research Foundation; Earle, of Herradura, presumably while collecting in Cuba. SIA2011-0574.

Flash! Unidentified Grass Specimen

This photograph is included in the field notes of André Goeldi and part of a collection that includes 36 black-and-white photographs of specimens. André Goeldi was a Brazilian botanist who collected in Pará, Brazil, circa 1913-1920. SIA2012-3905.

Flash! Fairy Tern

Fairy tern, Pacific Ocean, circa 1961-1973. Location unknown, Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program. SIA2011-1369.

Flash! Smithsonian-Roosevelt African Expedition of 1909

Giraffe specimen being collected in the field by a hunter and assistants.  The hunter may be Teddy Roosevelt. From a hand-painted lantern slide documenting the Smithsonian-Roosevelt African Expedition of 1909. SIA2011-1412.

Flash! Laysan Albatross Courtship

Illustration of two Laysan albatrosses displaying courtship behavior, artist unknown, Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program, 1961-1973. SIA2011-1357.

Flash! Disembarking, San José, Guatemala

Disembarking, San San José, Guatemala. Photograph taken by Mary Agnes Chase or A. S. Hitchcock, documenting field work, circa 1898-1903. SIA2012-4621.

Flash! Barbour, Wortman, and Gidley

Erwin Hinckley Barbour, J.L. Wortman, and James William Gidley on paleontological expedition. Circa 1900-1935. SIA2011-1415.

Flash! Laysan teal

Laysan teal, Laysan Island, June 14, 1966. Philip C. Shelton. SIA2011-1353.

Flash! Weddell seals

Ray and Lavallee with Weddell seals at the Palmer Peninsula, Antarctica. Circa 1962. SIA2012-0669.

Flash! Collecting grasses

 

Man standing in a field with grasses and trees, possibly André Goeldi in Brazil. Circa 1913-1920. SIA2012-3935.

Flash! Incense sticks

Incense Sticks of Bamboo.  A. S. Hitchcock. 1921. SIA2011-0561.

Flash! Excavation, Dinosaur National Monument Quarry

Excavation of Dinosaur National Monument Quarry, 1923, SIA2011-1419, RU 424 Box 7 Lantern Slide Box 22RU 424 Box 7 Lantern Slide Box 22.

Flash! Lesser Frigate-Bird Egg

Lesser frigate-bird egg, Jarvis Island, circa 1961-1973. SIA2011-1361.  Photographer: David L. Pearson, a researcher working with the Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program.

Flash! Starfish

Starfish specimen collected off the coast of Palmer Peninsula, Antarctica, c. 1962.

Flash! Narciso and Tomas

"Narciso and Tomas," Peruvian guides and helpers packing the mules to go.  (SIA RU 7179).

 

“[May 3, 1915] Packed mules with part of my outfit leaving tent and one chest below at Torontoy.  Three of the mules got thru o.k. but the 3 last were shoved off the trail by their aparejos catching against jutting rocks.  These three slid down thru a steep cornfield into the creek and lost their cargoes on the way.  They were cut up about the head and eyes, but no limbs were broken.  The men patched the loads the remaining 200 yards to the edge of the Montamya where we made camp.” 

--Edmund Heller

Flash! Mora

Botanist Albert Hitchcock's image of the base of a mora tree in Tumatumari, Guyana.
Genus: Mora       Family: Fabaceae