Image: Hot Air Mining Company hydraulic mining operation, Alaska (AL+CA 2442)

Description: Caption on image: Preparing for cleanup on Hot Air mine. Nome Alaska. Dobbs. PH Coll 323.21 Beverly Bennett Dobbs was born in 1868 near Marshall, Missouri. In 1888 Dobbs moved to Bellingham, Washington and operated a photography studio there for 12 years. In 1900 Dobbs moved to Nome, Alaska and continued to work as a photographer capturing images of Nome, the Seward Peninsula, and Inuit people. In 1909, Dobbs started the Dobbs Alaska Moving Picture Co. and began making films about the Gold Rush. By 1914, Dobbs had moved back to Seattle and was creating more films through the Dobbs Totem Film Company which he ran until his death in 1937. Subjects (LCTGM): Hydraulic mining--Alaska--Nome; Miners--Alaska--Nome Subjects (LCSH): Hot Air Mining Company
Title: Hot Air Mining Company hydraulic mining operation, Alaska, between 1901 and 1911
Credit: Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection
Author: Beverly Bennett Dobbs
Permission: Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse The author died in 1937, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 80 years or fewer. This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1927. This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/PDMCreative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0falsefalse
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License: Public domain
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