Box 03
Container
Contains 198 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
K, bulk: 1884-1889
Sub-Series — Box: 03, Folder: 01
Identifier: MSS003:01.28
Scope and Contents
Twenty nine photographs.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1884-1889
Kahler, 18uu
Sub-Group — Box: 03, Folder: 01, Object: 01
Identifier: MSS003:01.28.01
Scope and Contents
Possibly Dr. George Kahler.
Dates:
18uu
Mr. E. C. Kove, 18uu
Sub-Group — Box: 03, Folder: 01, Object: 02
Identifier: MSS003:01.28.02
Scope and Contents
Child
Dates:
18uu
Families, bulk: 1863-1939
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS003:01
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 1863-1939
John Murphy, April 1885
Sub-Group — Box: 03, Folder: 08, Object: 13
Identifier: MSS003:01.35.13
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Thirty two photographs.
Dates:
April 1885
Mrs. Dennis Murphy, July 1884
Sub-Group — Box: 03, Folder: 08, Object: 14
Identifier: MSS003:01.35.14
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Thirty two photographs.
Dates:
July 1884
Mrs. Murray, December 1887
Sub-Group — Box: 03, Folder: 08, Object: 15
Identifier: MSS003:01.35.15
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Thirty two photographs.
Dates:
December 1887
Myer's stable, 18uu
Sub-Group — Box: 03, Folder: 08, Object: 16
Identifier: MSS003:01.35.16
Scope and Contents
Ashland, Oregon.
Dates:
18uu
Amelia Muller, 18uu
Sub-Group — Box: 03, Folder: 08, Object: 17
Identifier: MSS003:01.35.17
Scope and Contents
Two photographs.
Dates:
18uu