B/W Photograph
Sutro Tunnel entrance, Virginia City, Nevada. Sutro Tunnel leads into a gold mine which commenced on October 19, 1869. Two large doorways, with barred gates blocking the entrances, lead into the tunnel. Ed Lyman is leaning on wall next to the left entrance and ore car tracks lead into this entrance as well. A shack next to the tunnel appears to be supported by a large piece of lumber and bits of debris are scattered around on the ground. The background is dominated by rocky slopes and sparsely vegetated mountains.
- Object: B/W Photograph
- Artist: George Switzer
- Circa: 1934
- Dimensions: 8 x 10 in.
- Culture Area: -
- Cultural Group: -
- Cultural Context: Jesse Peter was a woodshop teacher at Santa Rosa Middle School and a good friend of Floyd P. Bailey who was president of the Jr. College at that time. Peter would conduct fieldexpeditions in order to gather specimens of various sorts for display at the SRJC Natural History Museum (which subsequently evolved into the Native American Art Museum). He solicited the assistance of college students to help collect the specimens and these photos are from one of those expeditions.
- Donor: George Switzer
- Catalog #: 97.028