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Nome,AK - Nome County - c1900 - Dexter Mine Photographs :

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Photographic Images Start Price:250.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 1,000.00 USD
Nome,AK - Nome County - c1900 - Dexter Mine Photographs :
Lot of two cabinet cards of the Dexter Mine. 1) The image has a group of miners between two long sluice boxes on the right, with a third sluice box and several well-dressed men standing near a main building in the upper left corner. Measures 8" x 6", mounted on beige cardstock measuring 8 1/2" x 6 1/2". Contrast is medium to high, while focus is good. Some slight yellowing and fading of image with small depressed area in upper right, otherwise very fine. There are several areas of discoloration on matte, but very fine condition overall. "No. 9 Dexter" is printed along the bottom border, while "Dobbs" is printed in the lower left corner. 2) Image of 18 miners and two horses working around a flume and three small sluice boxes in the foreground and several buildings in the background. Measures 8" x 6", mounted on beige cardstock measuring 8 1/2" x 6 1/2". Contrast is high, while focus is good (several signs for one of the buildings, "The Sourdough," can be easily read). Silvery tint noticeable along right, left, and bottom edges, otherwise image and matte very fine. Likely another Dobbs photograph, but no name listed. "Dexter" written in pencil on reverse, but not verified. The son of a farmer, Beverly Bennett Dobbs was born in 1868 in Missouri. After learning photography in Lincoln, Nebraska, in 1888 he moved to Bellingham, Washington, where he ran a photography studio for 12 years, which including his partnership with F.F. Fleming in 1890-1891 under the name Dobbs & Fleming. He married in 1896 and moved to Nome, Alaska, searching for gold in 1900. He continued to work as a photographer, and recorded scenes in Nome and the Seward Peninsula and did portraits of Inuit people (Eskimos). He was awarded a gold medal at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition (St. Louis World’s Fair) in 1904 for his Eskimo photographs. By 1909, Dobbs started Dobbs Alaska Moving Picture Co., one of the first to film motion pictures north of the Arctic Circle. He created Atop of the World in Motion, a collection of his motion picture footage detailing the Alaska gold rush. By 1911, Dobbs was focusing primarily on his moving picture business and no longer had his photography supply store. He sold his photography negatives to the Lomen Brothers, who later issued some of his work under their name [Ref: lib.washington.edu]. The Dexter Mine was located in the Nome mining district. The Dexter Saloon in Nome was owned by Wyatt Earp. The connection, if any, is unknown.