William H. Partridge (1858-1939) operated a Portland, Ore. photography studio with his brother Edward between 1885 and 1889. This studio was apparently a western office of the Partridge Photo Co. of Boston, Mass. William Partridge probably took most of the Alaska views during the summer of 1886 when he journeyed on the steam boat Ancon.The Treadwell gold mine was on the south side of Douglas Island, nearly a kilometre east of downtown Douglas and southeast of downtown Juneau. Owned and operated by John Treadwell, the mine was composed of four sub-sites and was at one time the largest hard rock gold mine in the world, employing over 2,000 people.
