Britt, Peter, 1819-1905

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Biography

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 1110 Collections and/or Records:

Brad Dean and bride, 1886

Sub-Group — Box: 02, Folder: 04, Object: 08

Identifier: MSS003:01.16.08

Scope and Contents

Sheriff. Two photographs.

Dates: 1886

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

Britt – Cemetery Plot, 18uu

Sub-Group — Box: 01, Folder: 05, Object: 01

Identifier: MSS003:01.05.01

Scope and Contents

Two photographs.

Dates: 18uu

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

Britt family, 18uu

Sub-Series — Box: 01, Folder: 05

Identifier: MSS003:01.05

Scope and Contents

Ten photographs.

Dates: 18uu

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

Britt family, 18uu

Sub-Group — Box: 01, Folder: 05, Object: 04

Identifier: MSS003:01.05.05

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Ten photographs.

Dates: 18uu

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

Britt family and friends with car in a ditch

Digital Image

Identifier: https://cdm16085.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15013coll1/id/763

Dates: 1914

Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library

Britt family and others with wagon, guitar

Digital Image

Identifier: https://cdm16085.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15013coll1/id/764

Dates: 18uu

Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library

Britt house with Mollie and Emil Britt and an unidentified man in the front yard

Digital Image

Identifier: https://cdm16085.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15013coll1/id/712

Dates: 18uu

Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library

Britt - Miscellaneous, bulk: 1909-1930

Sub-Series — Box: 01, Folder: 12

Identifier: MSS003:01.12

Scope and Contents

Eight photographs.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1909-1930

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

Britt outings, bulk: 1913-1929

Sub-Series — Box: 01, Folder: 11

Identifier: MSS003:01.11

Scope and Contents

Twenty photographs.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1913-1929

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

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

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Britt, Peter, 1819-1905

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