Furling sails of the U.S. Revenue Cutter THETIS, as seen from the ship deck, Alaska, 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: Government vessels > Alaska; Decks (Ships); Ship equipment & rigging; Thetis (Auxiliary steamer); Revenue cutters > Alaska > Point Barrow; Sails; Alaska Point; Barrow; inuit; Nome; Point Barrow; Seward Peninsula; Alaska
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/2422

Caption on image: Furling the sails on board the Revenue Cutter Thetis. Dobbs. PH Coll 788.76b 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.