Beverly Bennett Dobbs
Appearance
Beverly Bennett Dobbs (1868–1937)Bogoslof group.[6] In Nome he photographed the town, the Seward Peninsula, and Inuit. He also reportedly prospected for gold. He partnered with A. B. Kinne to form Dobbs & Kinne in Nome.[7]
Achievements
In 1909, he established the Dobbs Alaska Moving Picture Co. and made films about the
Fairhaven, Washington area of Bellingham.[7] He was awarded a gold medal at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition (St. Louis World's Fair) in 1904 for his "Eskimo" photographs.[4]
Personal life
In 1896 Dobbs married Dorothy Sturgeon in Bellingham.[4]
Filmography
- At the Top of the World,[8] Atop of the World in Motion, also known as Top of the World in Motion, a collection of his travelogue films[4]
- A Romance of Seattle shot in and around Seattle in 1919[7]
References
- ^ "Nome's High Society". www.clarkart.edu. Retrieved 2019-11-18.
- ^ "Dobbs, B. B. (Beverly Bennett) - Social Networks and Archival Context". snaccooperative.org. Retrieved 2019-11-18.
- ^ "Nowadlook, an Inuit women, dressed in fur parka, Alaska, 1907". digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu.
- ^ a b c d e "Archives West: Beverly B. Dobbs photographs, circa 1900-1912". archiveswest.orbiscascade.org.
- ^ "Archives West: Beverly B. Dobbs photographs, circa 1900-1912". archiveswest.orbiscascade.org. Retrieved 2019-11-18.
- ^ "Illustrated World ..." American School of Correspondence at Armour Institute of Technology. 30 December 2018 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b c d "Dobbs, B. B. (Beverly Bennett) @ SNAC". Snaccooperative.org.
- ^ The Moving Picture World. Chalmers Publishing Company. 1914. p. 795 – via Internet Archive.