Leland's Camp showing boat, tents and house, Pilgrim River and Salmon Lake, Alaska, circa 1907

Caption on image: Lelands Camp. Pilgrim River and Salmon Lake. Dobbs. PH Coll 788.62 Beverly Bennett Dobbs was born in 1868 near Marshall, Missouri. In 1888 Dobbs moved to Bellingham, Washington and operated a photography studio there for 12 years. In 1900 Dobbs moved to Nome, Alaska and continued t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dobbs, B. B. (Beverly Bennett)
Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Subjects:
Camps > Alaska
Tents > Alaska
Boats > Alaska
Dwellings > Alaska
inuit
Nome
Seward Peninsula
Alaska
Online Access:http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/2408
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Summary:Caption on image: Lelands Camp. Pilgrim River and Salmon Lake. Dobbs. PH Coll 788.62 Beverly Bennett Dobbs was born in 1868 near Marshall, Missouri. In 1888 Dobbs moved to Bellingham, Washington and operated a photography studio there for 12 years. In 1900 Dobbs moved to Nome, Alaska and continued to work as a photographer capturing images of Nome, the Seward Peninsula, and Inuit people. In 1909, Dobbs started the Dobbs Alaska Moving Picture Co. and began making films about the Gold Rush. By 1914, Dobbs had moved back to Seattle and was creating more films through the Dobbs Totem Film Company which he ran until his death in 1937.

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