Britt, Emil, 1862-1950

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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 1581 Collections and/or Records:

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 garden, bulk: 1908-1919

Sub-Series — Box 01: Series MSS003:01 [Barcode: 35138008229186], Folder: 09

Identifier: MSS003:01.09

Scope and Contents

Thrity nine photographs.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1908-1919

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

Britt home, Britt family outside

Digital Image

Identifier: https://cdm16085.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15013coll1/id/540

Dates: 1887

Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library

Britt home (inscribed on photo: Britt Park)

Digital Image

Identifier: https://cdm16085.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15013coll1/id/691

Dates: 1911

Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library

Britt home parlor

Digital Image

Identifier: https://cdm16085.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15013coll1/id/586

Dates: 18uu

Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library

Britt home showing dining room

Digital Image

Identifier: https://cdm16085.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15013coll1/id/722

Dates: 18uu

Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library

Britt home showing parlor

Digital Image

Identifier: https://cdm16085.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15013coll1/id/723

Dates: 18uu

Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library

Britt home showing piano in parlor (early)

Digital Image

Identifier: https://cdm16085.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15013coll1/id/724

Dates: 18uu

Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library

Britt house, bulk: 1882-1919

Sub-Series — Box 01: Series MSS003:01 [Barcode: 35138008229186], Folder: 10

Identifier: MSS003:01.10

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: Majority of material found within 1882-1919

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

Britt, Emil, 1862-1950

Biography

Found in 1581 Collections and/or Records:

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