Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1876 akazarura bhizimisi rokupenda mifananidzo muSan Jose naLouis Lussier, achiramba ari oga pashure porufu rwaLussier muna 1882. Muna 1889, akavhura Hill naFranklin Photography Studio uye Art Gallery naJ. C. Franklin. Apo Franklin akasiya gore rakatevera, akabatana navamwene vake, Laura Broughton Watkins, seHill uye Watkins Photographers Studio. Kwamakore matatu vakabatanidzwa naSidney Yard. Mukudengenyeka kwenyika kwa1906
, Studio yaHill nemabasa aivapo zvakaparadzwa, sezvakanga zvakaita mufananidzo wake "The Murphy Party", iyo yakaturikwa mukamuri renhoroondo yeCalifornia Pioneers Association muSan Francisco uye yakaratidza vagari vekutanga kuyambuka Sunset Pass. Ipapo akatendeukira kumaneja asiripo wemugodhi wegoridhe muCalaveras County, achibudirira zvishoma, asi akaramba achidhirowa uye achitora mifananidzo kubva kumba kwake.