B. B. Dobbs Photograph Collection, ca. 1900-1910

Collection

Identifier: PCA 12

Staff Only

Alaska's Digital Archives: B. B. Dobbs. Photographs, ca. 1903-1907. ASL-PCA-12

Scope and Contents

Views 1-51 are included in an album donated by Gordon Gray of Douglas, Alaska. Additional Dobbs photographs, including Eskimo portraits and Nome area views, were originally part of the library's general collection.

Dates

1900-1910

EAD

PCA0012

Conditions Governing Use

Requests for permission to publish material from the collection must be discussed with the Librarian. Photocopying does not constitute permission to publish.

Biographical / Historical

B. B. Dobbs was born near Marshall, Missouri in 1868, learned photography in Lincoln, Nebraska, then located in Bellingham, Washington, where he conducted a gallery for twelve years. He married Dorothy Sturgeon, of Bellingham, May 20, 1896. Dobbs came to Nome in 1900 and returned every summer. His Eskimo pictures were well known and received gold medal awards at the St. Louis Fair and Louisiana Purchase Exposition.

Extent

4 boxes : 301 black and white photographic prints

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Existence and Location of Copies

Some photographs in this collection have been digitized and are available to view via Alaska's Digital Archives.

Digital Material

Alaska's Digital Archives: B. B. Dobbs. Photographs, ca. 1903-1907. ASL-PCA-12

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title: Finding aid for the B. B. Dobbs Photograph Collection, ca. 1900-1910
Status: Completed
Author: Processed by: Staff ; Revised: 5/20/2002 ; ArchivesSpace finding aid by: Sandy Johnston 2019 May ; ArchivesSpace inventory added by: Sandy Johnston
Date: 2020 March
Description rules: Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description: English
Script of description: Latin