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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

Classical paintings

 Sub-Series — Box: 07, Folder: 21
Identifier: MSS003:03.04

Group paintings

 Sub-Series — Box: 07, Folder: 19
Identifier: MSS003:03.02

Landscapes

 Sub-Series — Box: 07, Folder: 20
Identifier: MSS003:03.03

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

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

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

Portraits of male subjects

 Sub-Series — Box: 07, Folder: 24
Identifier: MSS003:03.07

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  • Subject: Photography of painting X

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Archival Object 10
Digital Record 2
 
Subject
Jacksonville (Or.) 1