Little Diomede Island, Alaska and an Eskimo village, as seen from a boat in the water, circa 1906

• Main Author: Dobbs, B. B. (Beverly Bennett)
• Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Islands > Alaska; Villages > Alaska; Eskimos > Structures > Alaska; Alaska Natives > Structures; Eskimo architecture > Diomede Islands (Alaska and Russia); Diomede Islands; Diomede Island; eskimo*; inuit; Nome; Seward Peninsula; Alaska
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/2419

Caption on image: Little Diomede Island. Showing Eskimo village. Dobbs. PH Coll 788.75a 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.