Juneau, Alaska, 1896; Winter & Pond #265
by Winter & Pond #265; (U of Washington has collection)
Winter and Pond start their photography company in 1896. They documented the Klondike Gold Rush and mining operations in the Juneau Gold Belt District as well as the lives of the Tlingit Indians, with which Winter was deeply fascinated with. They sold their picture cards to tourists and locals in their store. The Winter and Pond company operated for about 50 years before it closed in 1956, it was then under a new ownership as both Winter had died in 1945 and Pond in 1943.