Winter and Pond collection, 1893-1943.
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Winter and Pond collection, 1893-1943.
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Physical Description:
circa 3000 photographs and panoramas : black and white.
General Note:
Published inventory: Guide to the Winter and Pond collection : Southeast and Alaska-Yukon related views, 1893-1943, India M. Spartz, ed., 1989.
Other Winter & Pond collections include: PCA 117, PCA 21, and PCA 316.
In the Alaska State Library, Historical Collections, P.O. Box 110571, Juneau, AK 99811-0571.
Abstract:
Photographs, panoramas and portraits recording Alaska's diverse population, the gold rush of the Klondike in 1898, the Juneau gold belt hard rock mining operations (1,200 mining photographs), Tlingit Indians and traditional activities such as potlatch gatherings, dances, and social conditions (350 images), frontier boom towns, ships, and scenic landscapes.
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Ownership:
William Jorgenson, a Juneau resident who knew Winter and Pond, donated the images [ca. 4,700 glass plate and nitrate negatives] to the Alaska State Library in 1981. In 1981-1982, the Alaska State Legislature funded the conservation and reproduction of the negatives, to make them accessible to the public, a condition of the donation agreement.
Biographical/Historical Data:
Lloyd Valentine Winter (1866-1945) and Edwin Percy Pond (1872-1943), of the firm Winter & Pond, were prominent Alaskan photographers. In 1893, Winter came to Juneau from San Francisco and opened a studio in partnership with George M. Landerkin, known as Landerkin and Winter. In 1894, his long time friend E.P. Pond bought out Landerkin. Winter and Pond served as official Alaska photographers for the Alaska-Yukon Pacific Exposition in Seattle in 1909. During the gold rush, Winter was appointed official photographer for the firm, Underwood and Underwood, and the publication, "Leslie's Weekly," to cover gold rush activities on the Dyea and White Pass trails to the Klondike. Winter & Pond operated their Juneau-based curio and photography studio for over 50 years until Pond's death at age 71 in 1943. In 1945, Winter turned the business over to Francis Harrison, who maintained the Winter & Pond Co. until 1956. [From PCA 87].
Restrictions on Access:
Collection is open to research.
Additional Physical Form Available:
Also available on microfiche.
Variant Title:
Portion of title: Southeast and Alaska-Yukon related views