diff --git a/src/modules/otus/components/Panel/PanelSpecimens/PanelSpecimens.vue b/src/modules/otus/components/Panel/PanelSpecimens/PanelSpecimens.vue
index 8f87b56..164321a 100644
--- a/src/modules/otus/components/Panel/PanelSpecimens/PanelSpecimens.vue
+++ b/src/modules/otus/components/Panel/PanelSpecimens/PanelSpecimens.vue
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@
       <ul v-else class="tree ml-2">
         <li v-for="specimen in inventoryDWC" :key="specimen.id" class="mt-1">
           <SpecimenSummary :specimen="specimen" :otu-id="otuId"/>
+          <div v-if="specimen.associatedMedia" class="ml-2 flex flex-row gap-4">
+            <ImageThumbnail
+                v-for="imageUrl in specimen.associatedMedia.split('|')"
+                :imageUrl="imageUrl.trim()"
+            />
+          </div>
         </li>
       </ul>
     </VCardContent>
@@ -31,6 +37,7 @@ import PanelDropdown from '../PanelDropdown.vue'
 import { useOtuPageRequest } from "@/modules/otus/helpers/useOtuPageRequest.js"
 import TaxonWorks from "@/modules/otus/services/TaxonWorks.js"
 import SpecimenSummary from "@/modules/otus/components/Panel/PanelSpecimens/SpecimenSummary.vue"
+import ImageThumbnail from "@/modules/otus/components/Panel/PanelSpecimens/ImageThumbnail.vue"
 
 const props = defineProps({
   otuId: {
diff --git a/src/modules/otus/components/Panel/PanelSpecimens/SpecimenSummary.vue b/src/modules/otus/components/Panel/PanelSpecimens/SpecimenSummary.vue
index e379620..9b9e6b8 100644
--- a/src/modules/otus/components/Panel/PanelSpecimens/SpecimenSummary.vue
+++ b/src/modules/otus/components/Panel/PanelSpecimens/SpecimenSummary.vue
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ function describeSpecimen(specimen) {
     specimen.catalogNumber,
     describeLocation(specimen),
     specimen.year,
-    specimen.associatedMedia && 'photo',
     // `length ${JSON.stringify(item).length}`,
   ].filter(Boolean).join("; ")
 }
diff --git a/src/modules/otus/services/TaxonWorks.js b/src/modules/otus/services/TaxonWorks.js
index b7197c5..5f31696 100644
--- a/src/modules/otus/services/TaxonWorks.js
+++ b/src/modules/otus/services/TaxonWorks.js
@@ -79,6 +79,16 @@ export default class TaxonWorks {
     return makeAPIRequest.get(`/otus/${otuId}/inventory/dwc.json`, opt)
   }
 
+  /** Load image info (thumbnail, etc) from a URL such as one in a Darwin Core 'associatedMedia' field. */
+  static getImageFromUrl(url, opt) {
+    // sanity check that this is the kind of URL we're looking for
+    // if it isn't, the data is likely to not work downstream
+    if (!url.indexOf('/api/v1') < 0)
+      throw new Error('Unsupported URL. Must be a TaxonWorks v1 API URL (containing "/api/v1").')
+    const path = url.split('/api/v1')[1] // remove the base URL -- just keep the part after /api/v1
+    return makeAPIRequest.get(path, opt)
+  }
+
   static getCachedMap(id) {
     return makeAPIRequest.get(`/cached_maps/${id}`)
   }