Winter & Pond photographs, approximately 1893-1920

Overview of the Collection

Photographer
Winter & Pond
Title
Winter & Pond photographs
Dates
approximately 1893-1920 (inclusive)
Quantity
87 photographic prints (1 box)
2 panoramas (oversize)
Collection Number
PH0308
Summary
Views of Sitka, Juneau, Fort Wrangell, and Chilkat; totem poles; mining activities; glaciers; and Tlingit traditional activities, circa 1893-1920
Repository
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
Access Restrictions

Entire collection can be viewed on the Libraries' Digital Collections website. Permission of Visual Materials curator is required to view originals. Contact Special Collections for more information.

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Languages
English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Alaskan photographers Lloyd Winter and E. Percy Pond documented the Klondike Gold Rush, mining operations in the Juneau Gold Belt District and traditional Tlingit Indian culture until the 1940s.

Lloyd Valentine Winter (1866-1945) and Edwin Percy Pond (1872-1943) arrived in Juneau in 1893. In 1896 they published a catalog of photographs that could be mail ordered through their store. Winter and Pond made the journey up the Dyea Trail and over Chilkoot Pass in 1897-1898, later publishing a scrapbook entitled "Trail of 98" which they sold to tourists for many years. In 1899 Winter & Pond made a trip to New York and arranged to furnish a series of Alaska photographs for Underwood & Underwood. The most popular Alaskan views included images of native villages and people, scenic views, and Klondike Gold Rush photographs. Locals also favored views of Juneau and of town activities. Sitka and Muir Glacier were two highly favored stops. In 1909, Pond was appointed special agent for collecting exhibits and photographs from Southeastern Alaska for the Alaska Commission to the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE).

Winter & Pond also recorded traditional ceremonies of the Tlingit Indians, observing the Tlingit culture(s) coping with the social changes thrust upon it as the surrounding communities underwent prosperous growth and decline. The majority of the Indian photographs were attributed to Winter. Reputedly, he never charged Indian subjects a fee for this photography, but rather did it for his own pleasure. As late as 1928, Lloyd showed his continued interest in Tlingit culture by applying to the Tlingit village of Klukwan for membership in the Alaska Native Brotherhood, a group which fought against racism towards native peoples and promoted civil rights.

Winter & Pond operated their Juneau-based curio and photography studio for over 50 years. They expanded their business by publishing scrapbooks or albums of original photographs on subjects of interest to the tourist trade. They also developed a postcard business, using their most popular photographs. Over time, the Winter & Pond Store became the Winter & Pond Company. In 1945, two years after the death of Percy Pond. Lloyd Winter turned the business over to Francis Harrison, who maintained the Winter & Pond Company until it closed in 1956.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The images in the collection include cities in Alaska including Juneau, Sitka, and Wrangell, totem poles at Fort Wrangell and Kake, mining activities including the Klondike Gold Rush and industrial mining operations, glaciers, Indian traditional activities; and steamer ships, and professional studio portraits.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

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Restrictions on Use

Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Processing Note

Processed by Melanie Kay, 2018. Revised by Kate Norgon, 2019.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

 

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder item
1/1 1
Coppermount, Alaska as seen from the water (Winter & Pond 622)
The copper mine can be seen in the middle at the bottom of the photo.
between 1915 and 1918?
1/1 2 between 1915 and 1918?
Juneau
Cityscapes
Box/Folder item
1/1 3 June 1886
1/1 4
Juneau as seen from the water (Winter & Pond 3)
The Alaska-Juneau Mill can be seen on the right side of the photograph.
between 1893 and 1895?
1/1 5 between 1893 and 1895?
1/1 6 between 1893 and 1895?
1/1 7
View of Juneau and Gastineau Channel from a mountainside (Winter & Pond 483)
Written on verso: Juneau, Alaska in foreground. Treadwell mines across Gastineau Channel. 1906.
1905
1/1 8 between 1905 and 1906?
box:oversize
XH2 8a 1909
Buildings
Box/Folder item
1/1 9 between 1895 and 1900?
1/1 10 between 1900 and 1905?
1/1 11 between 1893 and 1895?
1/1 12 between 1893 and 1895?
1/1 13 between 1905 and 1910?
Box/Folder item
1/2 14
B.P.O.E. Hard Times Ball theater production
B.P.O.E. stands for Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.
March 21, 1912
1/2 15 between 1895 and 1900?
Sitka
Cityscapes
Box/Folder item
1/2 16
Sitka and small islands as seen from the Sitka Sound (Winter & Pond 316)
The grouping of houses on the left was known as Indian Village.
1896
1/2 17
Sitka as seen from Sheldon Jackson School (Winter & Pond 271)
The Sheldon Jackson School was previously known as the Sitka Presbyterian Mission.
1896
1/2 18 1896
1/2 19 1896?
1/2 20 1896
Box/Folder item
1/2 21
Exterior of St. Michael's Cathedral (Winter & Pond 12)
St. Michael's Cathedral is a Russian Orthodox church.
between 1893 and 1896?
1/2 22 between 1893 and 1896?
Box/Folder item
1/2 23
Sulzer, Alaska as seen from the Hetta Inlet (Winter & Pond 623)
Sulzer was a copper mining town with an active mine between 1907 and 1918. An office building and general store can be seen in the center of the photo.
between 1915 and 1918?
1/2 24 between 1915 and 1918?
1/2 25 1895?

Studio PortraitsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder item
1/3 26 between 1893 and 1898?
1/3 27 between 1893 and 1898?
1/3 28 between 1893 and 1898?
1/3 29
Charles S. Cotton in fishing gear holding a fishing pole
Written on verso: Ethel, from her old sincere friend Charlie. Sheep Creek, Alaska.
May 1900

Indian LifeReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Indians
Tlingit Indians
Box/Folder item
1/4 30 1895?
1/4 31 1895
1/4 32 1895
1/4 33 1895
1/4 34 1895
1/4 35 between 1895 and 1900?
1/4 36 1896
Box/Folder item
1/5 37 1894
1/5 38 between 1894 and 1896?
1/5 39 1900?
Totem Poles
Fort Wrangell Totem Poles
Box/Folder item
1/5 40 1895?
1/5 41 1895?
1/5 42 1895
1/5 43 1900?
1/5 44 1895
1/5 44a 1895

Klondike Gold RushReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder item
1/6 45 1896?
Miners on their way to gold fields
Box/Folder item
1/6 46 1895
1/6 47 1896
1/6 48 1897
1/6 49 1897
1/6 50 between 1896 and 1900?
Chilkoot Trail
Box/Folder item
1/6 51 1897
1/6 52 1897
1/6 53 1897
1/6 54 1895
1/6 55 1896?
1/6 56 1896
1/6 57 1900?
Claims and camps
Box/Folder item
1/7 58 1897?
1/7 59 1897?
1/7 60 1897?
1/7 61 between 1897 and 1899?
1/7 62 1897?
Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder item
1/8 63 1893?
1/8 64
Treadwell and Mexican gold mines on Douglas Island in winter (Winter & Pond 304)
The Treadwell and Mexican gold mines were constructed on Douglas Island near Juneau after the discovery of gold was made in the area by Joe Juneau and Richard Harris in 1880.
1896
1/8 65 1900?
1/8 66 1896
Lurvey Placer and Perseverance Mine
The Lurvey gold placer, which was located in a small lake basin, was discovered in 1881. Around the year 1900, Mr. Joseph Gilbert along with Col. W.J. Sutherland formed the Alaska Perseverance Mining Company, and began developing the site. The Lurvey Creek site was developed using drainage tunnels and flumes, and the Alexander Tunnel and other mining area were developed. In 1910, the company was renamed the Alaska Gastineau Mining Company The Perseverance Mine (also known as the Alaska-Gastineau Mine) operated by until 1921 when it became unprofitable.
box:oversize item
XH2 67a-b 1906
Box/Folder
1/8 68 1906
1/8 69 1906
1/8 70
Flumes connecting the north and south branches of Lurvey Creek
Printed on photo: Flume over South branch of Lurvey Creek and new flume to connect with North branch- showing old brush and board dam.
1906
1/8 71
Col. W. J. Sutherland and others touring underground in the Perseverance Mine
Printed on photo: Alaska Perseverance Mines. No. 3 East Drift. 340 feet east of Alexander Tunnel. Showing upraise and manway to 300 foot level.
1906
1/8 72
Col. W. J. Sutherland and others underground in the Perseverance Mine
Printed on photo: Main upraise to surface. 2100 feet from mouth of Alexander Tunnel. Alaska Perseverance Mines.Written on verso: Col. Sutherland, Loudon (sitting), J.J. Mitchell, Supt. (by chute). This set of photos presented to MR by Col. Sutherland, promoter of mine.
1906
1/8 73
Col. W. J. Sutherland and others examining the Alexander Tunnel in the Perseverance Mine
Printed on photo: Underground at upraise of Alexander Tunnel. Alaska Perseverance Mines.
1906
Box/Folder item
1/8 74 between 1915 and 1920?
1/8 75 between 1915 and 1918?

Glaciers and IcebergsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Muir Glacier
Box/Folder item
1/9 76
Muir Glacier as seen from a nearly hill (Winter & Pond 180)
Muir Glacier is located in well-known Glacier Bay in Southeast Alaska.
1895
1/9 77 1895
1/9 78 1895
1/9 79 1896?
1/9 80
Muir Glacier as seen from a nearby beach (Winter & Pond 272)
A steamer ship, probably the City of Topeka can be seen in the foreground. The ship is on a sight-seeing trip to the glacier.
1896
Box/Folder item
1/9 81 1895
1/9 82 1895

Ships and ShipwrecksReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder item
1/10 83 1895
1/10 84
Steamer ship near Taku Glacier (Winter & Pond 390)
This photograph is probably a combined print.
between 1895 and 1900?
1/10 85 June 30, 1911
1/10 86 November 1, 1917
1/10 87
View of the damaged stern and rear propellers of the S.S. Islander in a boatyard
The S.S. Islander initially sank in 1901, and there were many unsuccessful salvage attempts to recover the it. The shipwreck was partially recovered in 1934 when, after a long-term salvage effort, it surfaced near Green's Cove on Admiralty Island. The recovery effort caused a large portion of the ship to be sheered off which remained buried in the water.
between 1934 and 1935?

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Gold mines and mining--Yukon--Klondike River Valley--Photographs
  • Indians of North America--Alaska--Photographs
  • Shipwrecks--British Columbia--Seymour Narrows--Photographs
  • Tlingit Indians--Photographs
  • Totem poles--Photographs
  • Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)

Corporate Names

  • Al-Ki (Ship)--Photographs
  • Alaska Treadwell Gold Mining Company
  • Spokane (Steamship)--Photographs
  • Winter & Pond

Geographical Names

  • Alaska--Photographs
  • Douglas Island (Alaska)--Photographs
  • Juneau (Alaska)--Photographs
  • Muir Glacier (Alaska)--Photographs
  • Sitka (Alaska)--Photographs