Box 07
Container
Contains 29 Results:
Peter Britt photographs
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS-003
Abstract
The collection contains approximately 2,067 prints. Nearly half the portraits are unidentified. Most of the prints are portraits taken by Peter Britt. Emil Britt began making photos professionally in 1883 after training for a year in San Francisco. Peter Britt took photographs outside the studio infrequently. However, Emil carried the camera out on many picnic excursions in the earlier part of the twentieth century. The earliest prints come from the 1860s, with the most recent taken in...
Dates:
1850-1950
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
Backgrounds
Sub-Series — Box: 07, Folder: 18
Identifier: MSS003:03.01
Scope and Contents
Twelve 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
Classical paintings
Sub-Series — Box: 07, Folder: 21
Identifier: MSS003:03.04
Scope and Contents
Seventeen 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
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
Print Illustrations
Sub-Series — Box: 07, Folder: 25
Identifier: MSS003:03.08
Scope and Contents
Eleven photographs.
Dates:
1850-1950