In 1876 he opened a portrait painting business in San Jose with Louis Lussier , continuing solo after Lussier 's death in 1882 . In 1889 , he opened the Hill and Franklin Photography Studio and Art Gallery with J. C. Franklin . When Franklin left a year later , he partnered with his mother-in-law , Laura Broughton Watkins , as the Hill and Watkins Photographers Studio . For three years they were joined by Sidney Yard . In the earthquake of 1906 , Hill 's studio and the works there were destroyed , as was his painting '' The Murphy Party '' , which hung in the historical room of the California Pioneers Association in San Francisco and depicted the first settlers crossing Sunset Pass . He then turned to absentee management of a goldmine in Calaveras County , with little success , but continued to paint and photograph out of his home
earthquake of 1906
1906 San Francisco earthquake
Andrew P. Hill