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| Title | Ice floes as seen from the deck of the U.S. Revenue Cutter THETIS, Alaska, August 1906 |
| Photographer | Dobbs, B. B. (Beverly Bennett) |
| Date | 1906 |
| Notes | Caption on image: Ice flows in the Arctic. Taken from the deck of Rev. Cutter Thetis. Aug. 1906. Dobbs.
PH Coll 788.74b |
| Contextual Notes | 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. |
| Subjects (LCTGM) | Ice floes--Alaska |
| Location Depicted | United States--Alaska |
| Digital Collection | Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection
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| Order Number | AWC3261
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| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction, inquire about permissions, or for information about prices see: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/reproduction-info |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Beverly B. Dobbs Alaska photograph album. PH Coll 788 |
| Object Type | Photograph |
| Physical Description | 3 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 100 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2008. |
| Restrictions | For information on permissions for use and reproductions please visit UW Libraries Special Collections Reproduction & Use page
http://content.lib.washington.edu/sc-use.html |
