aerial photograph of hut and clearings in rainforest in Rio Parima
Date: 1920-1940
Inventory Number: 1998-1-1074m
Classification: Photograph
Subject:
Owner: Institute of Geographical Exploration (1929 - 1952)
Owner: Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory ? (1885-present)
Cultural Region:
City of Use:
Dimensions:
envelope with 17 photographs: 1 x 53.5 x 66 cm (3/8 x 21 1/16 x 26 in.)
Material:
Accessories: one of 17 photographs stored in the same black envelope
Description:
Print of a photograph taken from the air at low altitude. It shows two round clearings in the rainforest, one of which has a round hut and two simple structures with flat roof and no walls.
One of a series of 17 photographs and prints stored in the same envelope. They include aerial photographs, military pictures, landscapes, and a graph. They probably come from the Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory.
One of a series of 17 photographs and prints stored in the same envelope. They include aerial photographs, military pictures, landscapes, and a graph. They probably come from the Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory.
Signedunsigned
Inscribedhandwritten on back with pen: Rio Parima: Indian hut / and clearings;
written with pencils on back: 26
written with pencils on back: 26
Historical AttributesThis is very likely a photographs taken as part of Dr. Alexander Hamilton Rice's expedition to Rio Parima, the source of the Orinoco River in Brazil in 1924-25. For the first time aerial photography was used in an expedition to the Amazon. The hydroplane, manned by Capt. A.W. Stevens, and Lieut. Walter Hinton, was assembled in Manaus and multiple gasoline depots had to be set up along the path of the airplane. The airplane was also used for scouting purposes.
More information about this expedition can be found in Popular Mechanics , Nov. 1925, pp. 786-89. It is available online at Google Books here.
More information about this expedition can be found in Popular Mechanics , Nov. 1925, pp. 786-89. It is available online at Google Books here.
ProvenanceDavid Wheatland wrote in the back of 1998-1-1074o that the photograph came from the former Harvard Institute of Geographical Exploration on Divinity Avenue. It may, however, have been transferred to the Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory before being recovered by him.
Some of the objects in the 1998-1-1074 series, including "o" have numbers written with pencil on them. The number on 1998-1-0174h suggests that these numbers correspond to pages in an album in which they are listed for reproduction.
All the photographs with a number on the back are more likely to come from the Institute of Geographical Exploration.
Some of the objects in the 1998-1-1074 series, including "o" have numbers written with pencil on them. The number on 1998-1-0174h suggests that these numbers correspond to pages in an album in which they are listed for reproduction.
All the photographs with a number on the back are more likely to come from the Institute of Geographical Exploration.
