Britt, Peter, 1819-1905

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Born in Obslalden, Switzerland, Peter (1819-1905) was the second son of Jacob Britt. At the age of 27 he went to America and became a citizen in 1850 in Indiana. He studied daguerreotyping in St. Louis under an early-day photographer, J.H. Fitzgibbon. Britt crossed the plains in 1852 with his camera to settle in Jacksonville.

He opened a studio (see photo 24-21) in 1854 to become one of the first studio daguerreographers in Oregon. W.H. Jennings of Oregon City was first in 1851. Although best known as the leading northwest photographer, Britt was a civic minded person. He owned land (almost 2,000 acres at one time), became a leading horticulturist, a mine owner, a money lender, and a good friend of Chinese laborers.

He retired in 1900 to spend more of his time with oil painting and in the greenhouse. In 1861, he married Amalia Grob (1822-1871), a widow with one son, Jacob (1854-1896). They had three children, Emil (1862-1950), Arnold (1864, aged three months), Amalia (1865-1954). None were ever married. Peter Britt attended the 1905 Lewis and Clark Expedition and there contracted a cold that led to pneumonia and his death later that year.

Found in 790 Collections and/or Records:

Brown, boy, 1891

Sub-Group — Box: 01, Folder: 04, Object: 08

Identifier: MSS003:01.04.08

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Thirty six photographs.

Dates: 1891

Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / MSS-003, Peter Britt photographs / Families / Br - By

Buckley family – Cemetery Plot, December 1927

Sub-Group — Box: 01, Folder: 04, Object: 14

Identifier: MSS003:01.04.14

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Thirty six photographs.

Dates: December 1927

Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / MSS-003, Peter Britt photographs / Families / Br - By

Bybee family – Cemetery Plot, 18uu

Sub-Group — Box: 01, Folder: 04, Object: 18

Identifier: MSS003:01.04.18

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Thirty six photographs.

Dates: 18uu

Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / MSS-003, Peter Britt photographs / Families / Br - By

Byron Terril, 18uu

Sub-Group — Box: 04, Folder: 07, Object: 03

Identifier: MSS003:01.47.03

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Twenty photographs.

Dates: 18uu

Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / MSS-003, Peter Britt photographs / Families / T - V

C. B. Rostel, 18uu

Sub-Group — Box: 04, Folder: 02, Object: 15

Identifier: MSS003:01.42.15

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Twenty eight photographs.

Dates: 18uu

Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / MSS-003, Peter Britt photographs / Families / Ro - Ry

C. Hanna, February 1884

Sub-Group — Box: 02, Folder: 11, Object: 01

Identifier: MSS003:01.23.01

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Twenty photographs.

Dates: February 1884

Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / MSS-003, Peter Britt photographs / Families / Hanna

C. O. Vincent and wife, July 1889

Sub-Group — Box: 04, Folder: 07, Object: 16

Identifier: MSS003:01.47.16

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Twenty photographs.

Dates: July 1889

Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / MSS-003, Peter Britt photographs / Families / T - V

C. Schieffelin, June 1884

Sub-Group — Box: 04, Folder: 03, Object: 05

Identifier: MSS003:01.43.05

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Twenty six photographs.

Dates: June 1884

Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / MSS-003, Peter Britt photographs / Families / Sa - Sc

Ca, bulk: 1880-1914

Sub-Series — Box: 02, Folder: 01

Identifier: MSS003:01.13

Scope and Contents

Thirty five photographs.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1880-1914

Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / MSS-003, Peter Britt photographs / Families

California locations, 1905

Sub-Series — Box: 06, Folder: 06

Identifier: MSS003:02.06

Scope and Contents

Sixteen photographs.

Dates: 1905

Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / MSS-003, Peter Britt photographs / Outdoor photographs

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Britt, Peter, 1819-1905

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