Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2005.01.005
Accession#:
2005.01
Credit Line:
Donated by Harold Fossum, Mike Blackwell, Sean Boily, Mickey Lasley, Jerry Schrader, Mike Grummet, Bob Garrison, Jim Geraghty, Willette Janes, Maritime Hydraulics, Michelle Bonnet, Mark and Esther Millea, Greens Creek Mine, Coeur Alaska Inc., Rich Gordon, and Anchor Electric.
Object Name:
Print, photographic
Title:
Taku Glaciers
Studio:
Winter and Pond
Date:
1908
Year Range from:
1905
Year Range to:
1910
Description:
Panoramic black and white photograph of Taku Glacier that has been folded in three sections. Photograph shows two tide—water glaciers and snow capped mountains. Numerous icebergs floating in water in front of glaciers. Proper left steam ship. Writings on bottom proper right edge read "Taku Glaciers — Alaska", bottom proper left edge "Copyright 1908 by Winter and Pond, Juneau Alaska"
Notes:
From exhibit label: Jim Geraghty was thrilled when he saw this photo album for sale on the internet. He showed copies to local historians Willette Janes, David Stone, and Ron Klein. They confirmed what he suspected…this was a rare find, and needed to come back to Juneau. The images in this photo album represent the range of important mining activities in the Juneau area around 1911. The photographs are by Winter and Pond, but the annotations come from someone with significant technical knowledge of mining engineering. In 1910 the Perseverance Mining Company was sued by the US government for illegal foreign ownership. The following year, the new Alaska Gastineau Mining Company took over the properties. Under the management of Bartlett Lee Thane, the company set up ambitious new plans foreshadowed in this album, such as a hydroelectric plant at Salmon Creek and a new mill at Sheep Creek. The activities documented in this album directly relate to the rise of Juneau as the center of economic development in Alaska, state—of—the—art mining and engineering that led to the hydropower that supplies Juneau today, and the magnificent trail system enjoyed by hikers.
People:
Fossum, Harold
Blackwell, Mike
Boily, Sean
Lasley, Mickey
Schrader, Jerry
Grummet, Mike
Garrison, Bob
Janes, Willette
Bonnet, Michelle
Millea, Mark and Esther
Gordon, Rich
Winter, Lloyd V.
Pond, E. Percy
Blackwell, Mike
Boily, Sean
Lasley, Mickey
Schrader, Jerry
Grummet, Mike
Garrison, Bob
Janes, Willette
Bonnet, Michelle
Millea, Mark and Esther
Gordon, Rich
Winter, Lloyd V.
Pond, E. Percy
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