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.
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.
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.
Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.
Processed by Melanie Kay, 2018. Revised by Kate Norgon, 2019.
The copper mine can be seen in the middle at the bottom of the photo.
The Alaska-Juneau Mill can be seen on the right side of the photograph.
Printed on photo: looking north.
Written on verso: Juneau, Alaska in foreground. Treadwell mines across Gastineau Channel. 1906.
Tri-fold postcard panorama.
B.P.O.E. stands for Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.
The grouping of houses on the left was known as Indian Village.
The Sheldon Jackson School was previously known as the Sitka Presbyterian Mission.
St. Michael's Cathedral is a Russian Orthodox church.
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.
Written on verso: Ethel, from her old sincere friend Charlie. Sheep Creek, Alaska.
The doctor is holding an oyster catcher rattle
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.
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.
2-part panorama.
Written on verso: Alaska Perseverance. 1906.
Printed on photo: Flume over South branch of Lurvey Creek and new flume to connect with North branch- showing old brush and board dam.
Printed on photo: Alaska Perseverance Mines. No. 3 East Drift. 340 feet east of Alexander Tunnel. Showing upraise and manway to 300 foot level.
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.
Printed on photo: Underground at upraise of Alexander Tunnel. Alaska Perseverance Mines.
Muir Glacier is located in well-known Glacier Bay in Southeast Alaska.
A steamer ship, probably the
This photograph is probably a combined print.
The