Primary Name: Pond, Edwin Percy

Filed as: Pond, Edwin Percy

Also known as: Percy Pond; Edwin P. Pond

Occupation / Association: Photographer; Charter member, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Men's Igloo; co-owner, Winter & Pond Photographers

Associated places: California; Portland, Oregon; Juneau, Alaska

Keywords: Edwin Percy Pond, Percy Pond photographer, Winter and Pond Photographers Juneau, Lloyd Valentine Winter, Juneau pioneer photographers, Alaska historical photography, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Men's Igloo charter member

Biography

Edwin Percy Pond was a charter member of the Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Men's Igloo, and one of the earliest professional photographers in Juneau.

Pond was born in May 1872 in California, according to the 1900 Juneau Federal Census, although some accounts suggest he may have been born in Portland, Oregon, and moved to California at an early age.

With his friend Lloyd Winter, he operated one of the pioneer businesses of Juneau, Winter and Pond Photographers. Their friendship began in California during their youth in the pioneer era.

The two young men were in Alaska during the gold rush period and established their photography shop in Juneau in 1893. The business operated continuously from that time, and their partnership became one of the longest-standing business partnerships in Alaska.

Together, they created an extensive photographic record of Alaska’s early years. Their images of communities, miners, Native peoples, and daily life in Southeast Alaska are today considered invaluable historical documents.

Edwin Percy Pond died at St. Ann’s Hospital in Juneau on June 1, 1943, at the age of seventy-one.

Alaska Daily Empire, June 2, 1943