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Flat-box 9

 Container

Contains 2 Results:

British Guiana expeditions, 1916-1922, 1924

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents Between 1916 and 1922 and again in 1924, the Department of Tropical Research worked out of field stations in British Guiana. These included Kalacoon, the first DTR field station, in 1916 and 1917, and a field station at Kartabo, where the DTR worked from 1919 to 1922 and in 1924. This subseries includes 625 glass negatives featuring images of local wildlife and landscapes, as well as images of local people, DTR staff, and visitors. Please note that this subseries includes images of dead...
Dates: 1916-1922, 1924

Noma Expedition, 1923

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents

The DTR’s Noma Expedition—also called the Harrison Williams Expedition after its patron—occurred during a voyage aboard the steam yacht Noma to the Galápagos Archipelago in 1923. There are 130 negatives in this subseries, featuring images of wildlife, land and seascapes, and DTR staff. Please note that this subseries includes images of dead animals. This subseries has been digitized.

Dates: 1923