Captain and Mrs. Comer of East Haddam at the Parkers

A man and woman identified as Captain George Comer and his wife (Julia) sit outdoors with several other people. Inscribed on the reverse: "Capt. & Mrs. Comer/at Miss parkers/ Aug. 1925". Lifestyle Livelihood Title supplied by cataloger. Captain George Comer (1858-1937) was a sealer and...

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Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Published: Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport 1925
Subjects:
Whaling masters
Ship captains
Whalers (Persons)
Sealers (Persons)
Comer
George
Arctic
Bedford
New Bedford
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5259
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spelling ftconnecticstlib:oai:oai:collections.ctdigitalarchive.org:70002_5259 2023-05-15T15:01:03+02:00 Captain and Mrs. Comer of East Haddam at the Parkers East Haddam (Conn.) 1925 image/tiff http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5259 unknown Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport Source Note: Comer Collection 70002:5259 Accession number: 1983.25.28 local: ms_m021589.tif http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5259 Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Photography Department, Mystic Seaport, Mystic. Whaling masters Ship captains Whalers (Persons) Sealers (Persons) Comer George StillImage photographs 1925 ftconnecticstlib 2019-06-14T11:10:21Z A man and woman identified as Captain George Comer and his wife (Julia) sit outdoors with several other people. Inscribed on the reverse: "Capt. & Mrs. Comer/at Miss parkers/ Aug. 1925". Lifestyle Livelihood Title supplied by cataloger. Captain George Comer (1858-1937) was a sealer and whaling captain from East Haddam. He went to sea while still in his teens and was later master of vessels from both New London and New Bedford. Comer participated in voyages involved in polar expeditions and was noted for his studies of Arctic peoples and their environment. He and Julia Chipman married in 1878. The two unmarried Parker sisters were family friends of the Comers. Still Image Arctic Connecticut Digital Archive Arctic Bedford ENVELOPE(-67.150,-67.150,-66.467,-66.467) New Bedford ENVELOPE(-61.250,-61.250,-73.367,-73.367)
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topic Whaling masters
Ship captains
Whalers (Persons)
Sealers (Persons)
Comer
George
spellingShingle Whaling masters
Ship captains
Whalers (Persons)
Sealers (Persons)
Comer
George
Captain and Mrs. Comer of East Haddam at the Parkers
topic_facet Whaling masters
Ship captains
Whalers (Persons)
Sealers (Persons)
Comer
George
description A man and woman identified as Captain George Comer and his wife (Julia) sit outdoors with several other people. Inscribed on the reverse: "Capt. & Mrs. Comer/at Miss parkers/ Aug. 1925". Lifestyle Livelihood Title supplied by cataloger. Captain George Comer (1858-1937) was a sealer and whaling captain from East Haddam. He went to sea while still in his teens and was later master of vessels from both New London and New Bedford. Comer participated in voyages involved in polar expeditions and was noted for his studies of Arctic peoples and their environment. He and Julia Chipman married in 1878. The two unmarried Parker sisters were family friends of the Comers.
format Still Image
title Captain and Mrs. Comer of East Haddam at the Parkers
title_short Captain and Mrs. Comer of East Haddam at the Parkers
title_full Captain and Mrs. Comer of East Haddam at the Parkers
title_fullStr Captain and Mrs. Comer of East Haddam at the Parkers
title_full_unstemmed Captain and Mrs. Comer of East Haddam at the Parkers
title_sort captain and mrs. comer of east haddam at the parkers
publisher Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport
publishDate 1925
url http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5259
op_coverage East Haddam (Conn.)
long_lat ENVELOPE(-67.150,-67.150,-66.467,-66.467)
ENVELOPE(-61.250,-61.250,-73.367,-73.367)
geographic Arctic
Bedford
New Bedford
geographic_facet Arctic
Bedford
New Bedford
genre Arctic
genre_facet Arctic
op_relation Source Note: Comer Collection
70002:5259
Accession number: 1983.25.28
local: ms_m021589.tif
http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5259
op_rights Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Photography Department, Mystic Seaport, Mystic.
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