Field Book Project

Flash! Playful Tiger Cub

Tiger cub gnawing on a branch. Photograph documents Lucile and William Mann's participation in the National Geographic Society-Smithsonian Institution Expedition to the Dutch East Indies, 1937. See the rest of the field book in BHL.

Flash! Doe with Fawns

Doe with fawns about 1 hour old at Up & Down Ranch, 10 miles northwest of Ft. Davis,  Texas, May 28, 1947 (7).  SIA RU 007279, Box 29, Folder 1, Envelope 20.  SIA2014-00022.

Flash! Fossils Uncovered

 

Fossils Uncovered, Freeze Out, 1900-1935. Smithsonian Institution Archives. RU 00424, box 7, folder 18. SIA2011-1429.

Flash! Forest in Hakone, Japan

View of Forest on way to Hakone, Japan. A. S. Hitchcock. Smithsonian Institution Archives.  RU 000229.  SIA2011-0555.

Flash! Ateles ssp.

Martin H. Moynihan's field notes on Ateles ssp., October 29, 1960, page 36. Smithsonian Institution Archives. Acc. 01-096, box 1, folder 6.  SIA2014-02581.

Flash! Coffee in Haiti

Coffee in Streets, Port-au-Prince [Haiti].  SIA RU 7306, Watson M. Perrygo Papers, circa 1880s-1979. Box 2, Folder 10. SIA2008-2466.

 

 

Flash! Traveler's Tree

Traveler's tree, Botanical garden Huê, 1921. Smithsonian Institution Archives. RU 000229. SIA2011-0563. 

Flash! Above Jalapa, Mexico

Above Jalapa, Mexico, from field work of  E. A. Goldman and E. W. Nelson in Mexico, 1890-1910. Smithsonian Institution Archives. RU 7364,box 31, folder 17. SIA2014-03203.

 

Flash! Don't Look Down!

So what scares you? creepy crawlers? zombies? slasher films? How about fear of heights?  If so, we might just have the perfect set of images for you this Halloween.  

A while back we cataloged a surprising set of photographs.  A scientist climbed a LORAN tower in order to document a small island in the Pacific Ocean.  He climbed hundreds of feet in the air, and the images he took show some interesting angles. Curious? Check out the images like the one below. But beware an impending case of vertigo if you do!

https://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/10055325213/in/set-72157636120453896

 

 

 

Flash! A Gray-backed Tern

A Gray-backed tern, April 1965, location unknown. Smithsonian Institution Archives.  RU 245 Box 230 Folder 40.  SIA2011-1365.

 

Flash! On board the SS Uruguay

On board the SS Uruguay.  Page from scrapbook entitled "Argentina 1939" from the William M. Mann and Lucile Quarry Mann Papers.  Smithsonian Institution Archives.  RU 007293 William M. Mann and Lucile Quarry Mann Papers, circa 1885-1981. Box 24.  SIA2011-0589.

 

Flash! Killip's Adirondack Travelog

Ellsworth P. Killip's Adirondack Travelog, page 62.  Description of the summit of Mt. Marcy. Photos of M.E.W. and E.P.K. on the Summit of Marcy, August 1914.  Smithsonian Institution Archives.  RU 007375, Ellsworth Paine Killip Papers, 1914-1950; Box 2, Folder 10.  SIA2012-8804.

 

Flash! Mountains of Montana

Mountain range in Montana with geological annotations, 1905, from fieldwork of Charles D. Walcott. Smithsonian Instution Archives.  SIA RU 7004, Charles D. Walcott Collection, 1851-1940 and undated. Box 30, Folder 11.  SIA2014-06929.

Flash! Drawing of Squid

Illustration documents M. Moynihan's observations of cephalopods (squid), 1981. Smithsonian Institution Archives. Acc. 01-096, Martin H. Moynihan Papers, 1952-1996. Box 4, Folder 3. SIA2014-03712.

 

Flash! Florence Merriam Bailey and Friends

Florence Merriam Bailey with unidentified individuals in Lake Placid, New York. Caption on reverse side lists "Edgan [sic], Husteds, FMB, etc [sic]." Undated.  Smithsonian Institution Archives. RU007417 Florence Merriam Bailey Papers, 1865-1942, Box 2, Folder "Photograph of F.M.B., undated". SIA2014-01845.

 

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Flash! Rio Zula

2466. Rio Zula, at Ocotlan [sic] (2 miles up the river).  Photograph documents field work of E. A. Goldman and E. W. Nelson in Mexico, 1890-1910.  SIA RU 7364, Edward William Nelson and Edward Alphonso Goldman Collection, circa 1873-1946 and undated. Box 31, Folder 17.  SIA2014-03182.

Flash! Phoenix Island

Phoenix Island, April 15, 1966.  A Brown booby nest with two eggs can be seen in the left foreground of this photograph of the beach and surf on Phoenix Island.  Smithsonian Institution Archives. RU 000245 Box 230 Folder 43.  SIA2011-1367.

 

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Flash! Gulls on Coast of United Kingdom

Gulls on coast of United Kingdom, 1952-1996. Photograph documents the behavioral observations of gulls (laridae) by M. Moynihan in the United Kingdom. Smithsonian Institution Archives. Acc. 01-096, Box 1, Folder 37 (Envelope 2).  SIA2014-01183.

FLASH! Quercus macrocarpa var. depressa

3. -Q. macrocarpa var. depressa. Prairie border. S.W. corner of Lyon county, Iowa, circa 1878-1936.  Photograph documents Bohumil Shimek's geological and botanical field work, 1878-1936.  Smithsonian Institution Archives.  Smithsonian Institution Archives. SIA RU 007082, Box 5, Folder 3. SIA2012-3228.

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Flash! Lime Kiln in Southern Bolivia

 

A lime kiln, near Uyuni, southern Bolivia, 1923-1924.  Smithsonian Institution Archives. SIA RU 000229. SIA2011-0572. 

Flash! Edgar A. Mearns with woman and child

Edgar A. Mearns with woman and child, probably wife Ella and son Louis, during the Mexican Boundary Survey, 1892-1894.  Smithsonian Institution Archives.  RU 007083, Box 4, Folder 5. SIA2012-7705. 

Flash! Above Jalapa, Mexico

1281. Above Jalapa, Mexico.   Photograph documents field work of E. A. Goldman and E. W. Nelson in Mexico, 1890-1910.  Smithsonian Institution Archives.  RU7364, Box 31,. Folder 17.  SIA2014-03203.

 

 

Flash! Notes on Ledum Palustre

Notes on Ledum palustre L., by W. J. Fisher, 1899, collected in Kodiak, Alaska.  SIA2012-3488.

 

Flash! Field notes from the Galapagos Islands

Pages 10 and 11, showing drawings of a boat, from Robert E. Silberglied's field book from entomological field work conducted on the Galapagos Islands in 1970. SIA2012-9801.

Flash! Alexander Wetmore and Friends

Alexander Wetmore and friends [Jim Seely, Clarence Cook, and Art Rudy] in North Freedom, Wisconsin, February 22, 1902. SIA2011-2231.

 

Flash! Pronghorn in Texas

Photograph documents observations of pronghorn in Texas by Helmut Buechner in 1947. SIA2014-00017.

 

Flash! Nephtyidae Polychaetes

Nephtyidae polychaetes. Taken during underwater specimen collecting during Waldo Schmitt's work on the Palmer Peninsula [Antarctica], 1962-1963. SIA2012-0671.

Flash! Paqueta, Warners

Paqueta, Warners.  Photograph taken during Mary Agnes Chase's field work in Brazil, 1924-1925.  SIA2012-3353b.

 

Flash! Dancers at Paulis-Mangbetu

Stereoscopic image of Dancers at Paulis-Mangbetu, taken while Waldo Schmitt was collecting for the Smithsonian during the Smithsonian-Bredin Belgian Congo Expedition, 1955. SIA2012-0403.

Flash! LORAN Tower

View from LORAN tower on Sand-Johnston Island, including antenna supports, 1964.  Photograph was taken as part of field documentation for the Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program.  SIA2013-08810.

Flash! Family in Urbina, Peru

Family in front of their home at Urbina, Peru. The walls are of split bamboo boards. This material is much used for houses in the lowlands. On the uplands the material is mostly adobe but this house belongs to the railroad and the bamboo was brought from Guayaquil. Photograph taken by A. S. Hitchcock. SIA2011-0569.

Flash! Sunset at Weikswood

Sunset at Weikswood, September 1952. Photograph documents field work completed by Helmut Buechner in 1952.  SIA2014-00009.

Flash! Pronghorn Fawns

Doe with fawns about 1 hour old at Up & Down Ranch, 10 miles northwest of Ft. Davis, Texas, May 28, 1947. Photograph documents observations of pronghorn in Texas by Helmut Buechner in 1947. SIA2014-00023.

Flash! Paleontological Expedition

Erwin Hinckley Barbour, J. L. Wortman, and James William Gidley on paleontological expeditions in various locations throughout the United States for the Division of Vertebrate Mammals, 1900-1935. From lantern slides found in the Division of Vertebrate Paleontology Records. SIA2011-1417.

Flash! Young coconut plant and Edward Stewart

Young coconut plant and Edward Stewart. Photograph was taken while Hitchcock was on a collecting trip to British Guiana [Guyana]. SIA2011-0551.

Flash! Birds on LORAN Tower

Photograph of birds on antenna supports for LORAN tower on Sand-Johnston Island, 1963, and was part of field documentation for the Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program, on Sand-Johnston Island. SIA2013-08806.

Flash! McMurdo Base, Antarctica

Helicopter fire on McMurdo Base, Antarctica, prior to arrival of emergency response team.Taken during Waldo Schmitt's collecting during the Palmer Peninsula Survey 1962-1963. SIA2012-0665.

Flash! Great Frigatebird

Fregata minor [Great Frigatebird] 18 days old, on Christmas Island [Kiritimati], Kiribati, 1967. The chick was photographed to document its development, as part of field work completed during the Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program.  SIA2013-07653.

Flash! Grand Canyon

Sandstone at butte fault line, Chuar Valley [Grand Canyon]. Sketch documents field work of Charles D. Walcott in the Chuar Valley of the Grand Canyon [Arizona] c. 1883. Drawing is likely sketched by B. L. Young. RU 007004, Charles D. Walcott Collection, 1851-1940 and undated; Box 32, Folder 8. SIA2012-9661.

Flash! Child and Tiger Cub

Unidentified child with tiger cub. Photograph documents Lucile and William Mann's participation in the National Geographic Society-Smithsonian Institution Expedition to the Dutch East Indies, 1937. SIA2012-3236.

Flash! Red-tailed Tropicbird Chick

Red-tailed Tropicbird chick on Kure Atoll (c. 1960's) was photographed as part of field work completed during the Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program. SIA2013-07694.

Flash! Unearthing Specimens

Someone (probably Charles Lewis Gazin) unearthing specimens, during 1959 Expedition to Wyoming and Utah. SIA2012-3411.

Flash! Collecting by Fiat

Fiat with collecting net in place, Jamaica, 1937. Photograph taken by Edward A. Chapin while collecting at Hope Gardens during entomological fieldwork in Jamaica, 1937. SIA2012-9625.

Flash! Children in Greenland

Indigenous children in Ammassalik [Tasiilaq], Greenland, 1936. Taken during Greenland Expedition, 1936, under direction of Bob Bartlett, collecting materials for the Smithsonian. SIA2012-0661.

Flash! Magnified Butterfly Wing

Magnified butterfly wing.  Part of materials documenting Robert E. Silberglied's work with butterflies, circa 1970s. SIA2012-7946.

Flash! Golden lion tamarins

Two golden lion tamarins sitting on a branch. Location is probably Poco das Antas Biological Reserve, Brazil.  SIA2011-2204.

Flash! Field Notes

James A. Peters field notes, Mexico, 1949, page 39.  This field book contains the notes of James A. Peters during his trip to Mexico in 1949. Places visited include Veracruz, Michoacán, Jalisco, and Nayarit.  SIA2012-6279.

Flash! Grass Specimen

Unidentified botanical specimen, number 23, (grass).  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. SIA2012-3889.

Flash! Pangolin

Pangolin. Photograph documents Lucile and William Mann's participation in the National Geographic Society-Smithsonian Institution Expedition to the Dutch East Indies, 1937. RU 007293, William M. Mann and Lucile Quarry Mann Papers, circa 1885-1981, Box 23, Folder 1. SIA2012-3237.

Flash! Fairy Tern Egg

A Fairy tern egg found on McKean Island, April 17, 1966. This photograph was taken by researcher Philip C. Shelton during his work with the Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program. SIA2011-1363.