B/W Photograph
Ed Lyman in quarry tunnel, next to a wall, preparing to photograph a feature in the floor, possibly dinosaur footprints. Lyman is leaning his tripod on a barricade that seems to be placed so as to protect the feature . A 4x5 camera is mounted atop the tripod (with a "bubble" focusing tool attatched to the viewfinder) and next to Lyman's foot is a camera case with an array of photography gear, including a pack of Kodak Verichrome film.
- 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 #: 97.030