Whaling schooner Era being outfitted (Fairhaven, Massachusetts)
Two views of the topsail schooner Era probably in Fairhaven, Massachusetts. In the top image, crew members appear to be loading stores on to the vessel. The lower image may show the vessel's owner onboard prior to the Era's departure for a whaling voyage to Hudson Bay. Infrastructure Livel...
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ftconnecticstlib:oai:oai:collections.ctdigitalarchive.org:70002_5246 2023-05-15T14:56:18+02:00 Whaling schooner Era being outfitted (Fairhaven, Massachusetts) New London (Conn.) 1895 - 1903 image/tiff http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5246 unknown Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport 70002:5246 Accession number: 1983.25.2 local: ms_m021557.tif http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5246 Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Photography Department, Mystic Seaport, Mystic. Whaling ships Schooners Sailing ships Ships Era (Schooner) StillImage photographs 1895 ftconnecticstlib 2019-06-14T11:19:42Z Two views of the topsail schooner Era probably in Fairhaven, Massachusetts. In the top image, crew members appear to be loading stores on to the vessel. The lower image may show the vessel's owner onboard prior to the Era's departure for a whaling voyage to Hudson Bay. Infrastructure Livelihood Title supplied by cataloger. Two images on a single sheet. The schooner Era was built in 1847 at Boston, Massachusetts. She was a New London whaling vessel until her last voyage out of that port in 1892; her masters included James Monroe Buddington and John O. Spicer. Captain George Comer of East Haddam served on her as mate under Captain Spicer. Comer was later master of the Era for several Arctic voyages out of New Bedford, 1895-1906. She was wrecked off Miquelon Island, July 27, 1906. Citation: Captain George Comer and the Arctic / by Fred Calabretta in The Log of Mystic Seaport, Winter 1984, p. 118-131, and from For oil and buggy whips / by Barnard L. Colby, p. 178-182. Still Image Arctic Hudson Bay Connecticut Digital Archive Arctic Bedford ENVELOPE(-67.150,-67.150,-66.467,-66.467) Hudson Hudson Bay Monroe ENVELOPE(-46.050,-46.050,-60.600,-60.600) New Bedford ENVELOPE(-61.250,-61.250,-73.367,-73.367) The Schooner ENVELOPE(-55.665,-55.665,49.617,49.617) |
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Two views of the topsail schooner Era probably in Fairhaven, Massachusetts. In the top image, crew members appear to be loading stores on to the vessel. The lower image may show the vessel's owner onboard prior to the Era's departure for a whaling voyage to Hudson Bay. Infrastructure Livelihood Title supplied by cataloger. Two images on a single sheet. The schooner Era was built in 1847 at Boston, Massachusetts. She was a New London whaling vessel until her last voyage out of that port in 1892; her masters included James Monroe Buddington and John O. Spicer. Captain George Comer of East Haddam served on her as mate under Captain Spicer. Comer was later master of the Era for several Arctic voyages out of New Bedford, 1895-1906. She was wrecked off Miquelon Island, July 27, 1906. Citation: Captain George Comer and the Arctic / by Fred Calabretta in The Log of Mystic Seaport, Winter 1984, p. 118-131, and from For oil and buggy whips / by Barnard L. Colby, p. 178-182. |
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Whaling schooner Era being outfitted (Fairhaven, Massachusetts) |
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Whaling schooner Era being outfitted (Fairhaven, Massachusetts) |
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Whaling schooner Era being outfitted (Fairhaven, Massachusetts) |
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Whaling schooner Era being outfitted (Fairhaven, Massachusetts) |
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Whaling schooner Era being outfitted (Fairhaven, Massachusetts) |
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whaling schooner era being outfitted (fairhaven, massachusetts) |
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Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport |
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1895 |
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New London (Conn.) |
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ENVELOPE(-67.150,-67.150,-66.467,-66.467) ENVELOPE(-46.050,-46.050,-60.600,-60.600) ENVELOPE(-61.250,-61.250,-73.367,-73.367) ENVELOPE(-55.665,-55.665,49.617,49.617) |
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Arctic Bedford Hudson Hudson Bay Monroe New Bedford The Schooner |
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Arctic Bedford Hudson Hudson Bay Monroe New Bedford The Schooner |
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Arctic Hudson Bay |
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Arctic Hudson Bay |
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70002:5246 Accession number: 1983.25.2 local: ms_m021557.tif http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5246 |
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Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Photography Department, Mystic Seaport, Mystic. |
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