Box 04
Container
Contains 170 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
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
Ra - Ri, bulk: 1885-1917
Sub-Series — Box: 04, Folder: 01
Identifier: MSS003:01.41
Scope and Contents
Twenty seven photographs.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1885-1917
Sam Randall and bride, 18uu
Sub-Group — Box: 04, Folder: 01, Object: 01
Identifier: MSS003:01.41.01
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Twenty seven photographs.
Dates:
18uu
Mrs. Martha Rapp, 18uu
Sub-Group — Box: 04, Folder: 01, Object: 02
Identifier: MSS003:01.41.02
Scope and Contents
Two photographs.
Dates:
18uu
Ratta and Dick, 18uu
Sub-Group — Box: 04, Folder: 01, Object: 03
Identifier: MSS003:01.41.03
Scope and Contents
Britt Employees.
Dates:
18uu
Mrs. William Ray, 1885-1886
Sub-Group — Box: 04, Folder: 01, Object: 04
Identifier: MSS003:01.41.04
Scope and Contents
Two photographs.
Dates:
1885-1886
William Ray's boy, December 1886
Sub-Group — Box: 04, Folder: 01, Object: 05
Identifier: MSS003:01.41.05
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Twenty seven photographs.
Dates:
December 1886
William Ray's girl, 1886
Sub-Group — Box: 04, Folder: 01, Object: 06
Identifier: MSS003:01.41.06
Scope and Contents
Three photographs.
Dates:
1886
Mrs. Thomas Reames, 18uu
Sub-Group — Box: 04, Folder: 01, Object: 07
Identifier: MSS003:01.41.07
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Twenty seven photographs.
Dates:
18uu