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Dobbs, Beverly Bennett[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Male 1868 - 1937  (~ 69 years)


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  • Name Dobbs, Beverly Bennett 
    • VARIANT NAMES: Dobbs, B.B.
    Born May 1868  Marshall, MO Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7] 
    Gender Male 
    Business Address/Year 1900s  Nome, AK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 30 Dec 1937  Seattle, WA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8] 
    Buried Bayview Cemetery, Bellingham, WA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Association Dobbs and Kinne (Relationship: Partner) 
    Association Dobbs and Nowell (Relationship: Partner) 
    Person ID I521  Camera Workers | B, vol. 1, 1858-1900
    Last Modified 2 Feb 2017 

  • Notes 
    • STATUS: Commercial.
    • BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: B.B. Dobbs photographed primarily around the Seward Peninsula and was one of the first to use motion picture film north of the Arctic Circle (Alaska Moving Picture Company, established ca. 1909). He was awarded a gold medal at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition (St. Louis World's Fair) in 1904 for his Inuit (Eskimo) photographs. Jones (1976) lists a Dobbs from New Whatcom (Bellingham) and indicates a partnership between Dobbs and Nowell in Nome. Dobbs also had a partnership as Dobbs and Kinne (A.B. Kinne) starting around 1903. The Lomen Brothers purchased his negatives and by 1914 Dobbs had moved to Seattle, WA, where he concentrated on his motion picture business.
    • IDENTIFYING MARKS/FORMATS: Print surface may be titled on bottom and signed "Dobbs.". Formats include photo postcards and photo prints in an album.

  • Sources 
    1. [S43] COLLECTION: AHL.

    2. [S169] COLLECTION: UWL.
      Beverly B. Dobbs Photographs Collection no. 323

    3. [S530] University of Washington Libraries, Finding Aids for Archival Collections: Dobbs, (Seattle: University of Washington Libraries).

    4. [S952] Alaska Sportsman, 16-, Aug 1939.

    5. [S316] Jones (1976), Gordon Jones, (Sea Chest (June 1976):133-48).

    6. [S667] FamilySearch.org (Web site), Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
      He and his wife were living in New Whatcom, WA
      "United States Census, 1900"; URL (accessed 2 Feb 2017): https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MM5M-BHF

    7. [S832] Find a Grave (Web site).
      URL (accessed 2 Feb 2017): https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7451516

    8. [S667] FamilySearch.org (Web site), Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Reliability: 3).
      Name: Beverly B. Dobbs
      "Washington Death Certificates, 1907-1960"; URL (accessed 2 Feb 2017): https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N351-TRK