Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna 1876 akavhura 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. Mu
Kudengenyeka kwenyika kwa1906, studio yaHill nemabasa ikoko zvakaparadzwa, sezvakanga zvakaitawo mufananidzo wake "The Murphy Party", iyo yakarembera mukamuri yenhoroondo 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.