Enraptured
by the sublime, first photo of Crater Lake, August 12th,
1874. Pioneer photographer, Peter Britt, Jacksonville,
Oregon, captured this scene of Crater Lake once storm clouds
lifted. Britt's son, Emil, scans the great volcanic
cauldron.
Emil's birth was celebrated by planting a giant
Sequoia seedling, in 1862, which grows today in
Britt Gardens, Jacksonville, OR. Southern Oregon
Historical Society #724
