Beverly B. Dobbs, Alaskan Photograph Album 

Oblong folio album in black pebbled leather containing 117 silver gelatin images (two hand-colored, three cyanotypes), most 8 x 10 in. with some smaller, many signed and titled in the negative by Beverly Dobbs (American, 1868-1937). Images by Frank H. Nowell (1864-1950) and George Cantwell (1870-1948) are also included towards the back of the album. An exceptional album illustrating the rough-hewn nature of Nome and its surroundings. Highlights include elegant portraits of the Inuit and their homes, walrus hunting, gold mining claims and the purification process, as well as images of the vast landscape.

According to a paper label affixed to the first page of the album, the album was assembled by Arthur Kah of Sidney, OH, around 1900. Kah moved to Alaska to operate the Gold Assay Headquarters.

One page missing a photograph; couple photographs with bent corners.

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