Peter Britt
American photographer
Died when: 86 years 205 days (1038 months)Star Sign: Pisces
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Peter Britt (Obstalden, Canton of Glarus, Switzerland 12 March 1819 - Jacksonville, Oregon, 3 October 1905) was a Swiss portrait painter and American pioneer photographer, meteorologist, accomplished horticulturist, an early settler and developer in the Rogue Valley of the Oregon Territory.
Britt is considered as one of the Pacific Northwest's most celebrated photographers, as well as the "father of the grape industry" in Southern Oregon.
His photos of Crater Lake were instrumental in creation of the Crater Lake National Park in 1902.
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