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March 13, 1956

J. F. Gates (John Frederick Gates) Clarke, 1905-1990, left, and Waldo LaSalle Schmitt, 1887-1977, were part of the Smithsonian-Bredin Caribbean Expedition of 1956. They are examining some of the specimens they collected. ne Specimens collected

A Caribbean field study, financed by Mr. and Mrs. J. Bruce Bredin of Delaware, departs Trinidad for visits to Grenada, the Grenadines, and Martinique.   National Museum of Natural History staff on the expedition include Dr. Waldo Schmitt, leader of the expedition, and A. C. Smith, J. F. Gates Clarke and Fenner A. Chace.

Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution Archives

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