Britt, Emil, 1862-1950

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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 1581 Collections and/or Records:

Peter Britt portrait by the camera, early

Digital Image

Identifier: https://cdm16085.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15013coll1/id/34

Dates: 18uu

Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library

Peter Britt, portrait in fur cap

Digital Image

Identifier: https://cdm16085.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15013coll1/id/585

Dates: 18uu

Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library

Peter Britt portrait, older years

Digital Image

Identifier: https://cdm16085.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15013coll1/id/565

Dates: 18uu

Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library

Peter Britt reading below the banana plant

Digital Image

Identifier: https://cdm16085.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15013coll1/id/37

Dates: 18uu

Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library

Peter Britt, seated portrait with his first camera, holds a paint brush

Digital Image

Identifier: https://cdm16085.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15013coll1/id/587

Dates: 18uu

Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library

Peter Britt's first photo gallery, Jacksonville, Oregon

Digital Image

Identifier: https://cdm16085.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15013coll1/id/766

Dates: 18uu

Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library

Phil Bliss, 1893

Sub-Group — Box 01: Series MSS003:01 [Barcode: 35138008229186], Folder: 03, Object: 12

Identifier: MSS003:01.03.12

Scope and Contents

Two photographs.

Dates: 1893

Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / Peter Britt photographs / Families / Bi - Bo

Photo of Peter Britt painting of Crater Lake with deer in the foreground

Digital Image

Identifier: https://cdm16085.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15013coll1/id/713

Dates: 1875

Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library

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

Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library

Photographs of Paintings and Illustrations

Series — Box 07: Series MSS003:03; Series MSS003:02 [Barcode: 35138008223288]

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

Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / Peter Britt photographs

Britt, Emil, 1862-1950

Biography

Found in 1581 Collections and/or Records:

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