Lot 1: Early Alaskan Photo Album by Beverly Dobbs

small oblong folio, bound in pebbled leatherette, containing 54 silver gelatin photographs of varying sizes (3.75 in. x 4.75 in; 6.5 in. x 4.5 in; 6.25 in. x 8.25 in.; 7.25 in. x 9.25 in.) mounted on 10" x 12" pages. Album provides a glimpse into Alaskan life at the turn of the century including mining scenes, Eskimo families and homes, ice floats, and arctic marine life; inked annotations on some pages.
ca 1900

BEVERLY DOBBS (1868-1937) was born in Marshall, Missouri. At the age of 20, Dobbs started a photography studio in Bellingham, Washington in partnership with F.F. Fleming. At the turn-of-the-century, the Alaskan Gold Rush lured him to leave his 12-year business and head north to Nome. There he met A.B. Kinne and started a studio, offering photography and photo supplies. During this time, he documented his surrounding, taking portraits of the Native people and the bustling town he now called home. In 1904, Dobbs was given a gold medal at the St. Louis World's Fair for his Eskimo photography.