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Britt, Peter, 1819-1905

 Person

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 1569 Collections and/or Records:

David Helms, September 1884

 Sub-Group — Box 02: Series MSS003:01 [Barcode: 35138008229194], Folder: 13, Object: 02
Identifier: MSS003:01.25.02
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Fourteen photographs.

Dates: September 1884
David Helms, standing portrait with derby
David Helms, standing portrait with derby

David Helms, standing portrait with derby

 Digital Image
Identifier: https://cdm16085.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15013coll1/id/302

Davis baby, 18uu

 Sub-Group — Box 02: Series MSS003:01 [Barcode: 35138008229194], Folder: 04, Object: 03
Identifier: MSS003:01.16.03
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Twenty two photographs.

Dates: 18uu

DeBarr child, 1891

 Sub-Group — Box 02: Series MSS003:01 [Barcode: 35138008229194], Folder: 04, Object: 11
Identifier: MSS003:01.16.11
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Twenty two photographs.

Dates: 1891

Delia Barbee, June 1886

 Sub-Group — Box 01: Series MSS003:01 [Barcode: 35138008229186], Folder: 02, Object: 04
Identifier: MSS003:01.02.04
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Thirty six photographs.

Dates: June 1886

Di - Do, bulk: 1887-1917

 Sub-Series — Box 02: Series MSS003:01 [Barcode: 35138008229194], Folder: 05
Identifier: MSS003:01.17
Scope and Contents

Ten photographs.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1887-1917

Diesch – Cemetery Plot, 1917

 Sub-Group — Box 02: Series MSS003:01 [Barcode: 35138008229194], Folder: 05, Object: 01
Identifier: MSS003:01.17.01
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Ten photographs.

Dates: 1917

Dora Godfrey, 1882

 Sub-Group — Box 02: Series MSS003:01 [Barcode: 35138008229194], Folder: 09, Object: 05
Identifier: MSS003:01.21.05
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Seventeen photographs.

Dates: 1882

Dr. A. C. Stanley, 18uu

 Sub-Group — Box 04: Series MSS003:01 [Barcode: 35138008115534], Folder: 05, Object: 02
Identifier: MSS003:01.45.02
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Twenty five photographs

Dates: 18uu

Dr - Dy, bulk: 1884-1891

 Sub-Series — Box 02: Series MSS003:01 [Barcode: 35138008229194], Folder: 06
Identifier: MSS003:01.18
Scope and Contents

Twenty four photographs.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1884-1891

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Photographs 1568
Individuals -- Portraits -- Southern Oregon 1111
Children -- portraits -- Southern Oregon 298
Homes and haunts 62
Jacksonville (Or.) 42