Box 06
Container
Contains 31 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
Outdoor photographs, bulk: 1874-1939
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS003:02
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 1874-1939
Applegate River, bulk: 18uu
Sub-Series — Box: 06, Folder: 01
Identifier: MSS003:02.01
Scope and Contents
Seven photographs.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 18uu
Ashland, Oregon, bulk: 1885-1921
Sub-Series — Box: 06, Folder: 02
Identifier: MSS003:02.02
Scope and Contents
Fifteen photographs.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1885-1921
Automobile, bulk: 1914-1925
Sub-Series — Box: 06, Folder: 03
Identifier: MSS003:02.03
Scope and Contents
Seven photographs.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1914-1925
Beehives
Sub-Series — Box: 06, Folder: 04
Identifier: MSS003:02.04
Scope and Contents
Two photographs.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1874-1939
Beswick’s Hotel, bulk: 1884-1885
Sub-Series — Box: 06, Folder: 05
Identifier: MSS003:02.05
Scope and Contents
Shovel Creek, Oregon. Seven photographs.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1884-1885
California locations, 1905
Sub-Series — Box: 06, Folder: 06
Identifier: MSS003:02.06
Scope and Contents
Sixteen photographs.
Dates:
1905
Camping, bulk: 18uu
Sub-Series — Box: 06, Folder: 07
Identifier: MSS003:02.07
Scope and Contents
Five photographs.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 18uu
Crater Lake, bulk: 1874-1914
Sub-Series — Box: 06, Folder: 08
Identifier: MSS003:02.08
Scope and Contents
Nineteen photographs.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1874-1914