B/W Photograph
L to R: William Nisson, George Switzer, Ed Lyman and Jesse Peter. The men are standing in front of Switzer's home at 827 D Street, Petaluma, California. They're all leaning against the vehicle used for their expedition, a 1928 Cheverolet. The car is loaded with gear, strapped to both the rear bumper and the front fender. It is difficult to decipher if this photo is pre- or post-expedition (especially since they apparently wore the same clothes every day!!)
- Object: B/W Photograph
- Artist: George Switzer
- Circa: 1934
- Dimensions: 8 x 10 in.
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- 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 #: 97.039