Britt, Emil, 1862-1950
Person
Biography
Peter Britt and Amalia Grob had three children, Emil (1862-1950), Arnold (1864, aged three months), Amalia (1865-1954).
Emil Britt began making photos professionally in 1883 after training for a year in San Francisco. Emil carried the camera out on many picnic excursions in the earlier part of the twentieth century.
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
Backgrounds
Sub-Series — Box: 07, Folder: 18
Identifier: MSS003:03.01
Scope and Contents
Twelve photographs.
Dates:
1850-1950
Classical paintings
Sub-Series — Box: 07, Folder: 21
Identifier: MSS003:03.04
Scope and Contents
Seventeen photographs.
Dates:
1850-1950
Group paintings
Sub-Series — Box: 07, Folder: 19
Identifier: MSS003:03.02
Scope and Contents
Ten photographs.
Dates:
1850-1950
Landscapes
Sub-Series — Box: 07, Folder: 20
Identifier: MSS003:03.03
Scope and Contents
Fifteen photographs.
Dates:
1850-1950
Painting by Peter Britt, bulk: 18uu
Sub-Series — Box: 07, Folder: 22
Identifier: MSS003:03.05
Scope and Contents
Four photographs.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 18uu
Painting of view of Jacksonville by Peter Britt
Digital Image
Identifier: https://cdm16085.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15013coll1/id/777
Dates:
18uu
Photo of Peter Britt painting of Lake of the Woods and Mt. McLoughlin
Digital Image
Identifier: https://cdm16085.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15013coll1/id/55
Dates:
18uu
Photographs of Paintings and Illustrations
Series — Box: 07
Identifier: MSS003:03
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Most of the prints are portraits taken by Peter Britt. After 1883, Emil Britt was also in the studio. Nearly half the portraits are unidentified. Peter Britt did take photographs outside the studio infrequently. His most well-known effort occurred in 1874 at Crater Lake. He created what is probably the only wet-process photo of Crater Lake. William Gladstone Steel used the photograph in his successful effort to have Crater Lake designated a National Park. This collection includes the...
Dates:
1850-1950
Portraits of female subjects
Sub-Series — Box: 07, Folder: 23
Identifier: MSS003:03.06
Scope and Contents
Eleven photographs.
Dates:
1850-1950
Portraits of male subjects
Sub-Series — Box: 07, Folder: 24
Identifier: MSS003:03.07
Scope and Contents
Eight photographs.
Dates:
1850-1950
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- Subject: Photography of painting X
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- Archival Object 10
- Digital Record 2
- Subject
- Jacksonville (Or.) 1