Crew on deck of whaling schooner Era, Canadian Arctic
Members of the crew of the schooner Era pose on deck in the Canadian Arctic, 1897-1899. Infrastructure Livelihood Title supplied by cataloger. Man at the far right is identified as probably Brass Lopes, a boatsteerer who made a number of voyages with Captain George Comer. The schooner Era was built...
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ftconnecticstlib:oai:oai:collections.ctdigitalarchive.org:70002_5319 2023-05-15T14:49:34+02:00 Crew on deck of whaling schooner Era, Canadian Arctic Comer, George (Creator) East Haddam (Conn.) New London (Conn.) 1898 image/tiff http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5319 unknown Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport Source Note: Comer Collection 70002:5319 Accession number: 1963.1767.55 local: ms_m169063.tif http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5319 Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Photography Department, Mystic Seaport, Mystic. Whaling ships Schooners Sailing ships Ships Whalers (Persons) Era (Schooner) StillImage photographs 1898 ftconnecticstlib 2019-06-14T11:35:19Z Members of the crew of the schooner Era pose on deck in the Canadian Arctic, 1897-1899. Infrastructure Livelihood Title supplied by cataloger. Man at the far right is identified as probably Brass Lopes, a boatsteerer who made a number of voyages with Captain George Comer. 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, John O. Spicer, and George Comer. She was wrecked off Miquelon Island, July 27, 1906. Taken by Captain George Comer (1858-1937), 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. Still Image Arctic Connecticut Digital Archive Arctic Bedford ENVELOPE(-67.150,-67.150,-66.467,-66.467) 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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Whaling ships Schooners Sailing ships Ships Whalers (Persons) Era (Schooner) Comer, George (Creator) Crew on deck of whaling schooner Era, Canadian Arctic |
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Members of the crew of the schooner Era pose on deck in the Canadian Arctic, 1897-1899. Infrastructure Livelihood Title supplied by cataloger. Man at the far right is identified as probably Brass Lopes, a boatsteerer who made a number of voyages with Captain George Comer. 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, John O. Spicer, and George Comer. She was wrecked off Miquelon Island, July 27, 1906. Taken by Captain George Comer (1858-1937), 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. |
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Comer, George (Creator) |
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Comer, George (Creator) |
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Crew on deck of whaling schooner Era, Canadian Arctic |
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Crew on deck of whaling schooner Era, Canadian Arctic |
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Crew on deck of whaling schooner Era, Canadian Arctic |
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Crew on deck of whaling schooner Era, Canadian Arctic |
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Crew on deck of whaling schooner Era, Canadian Arctic |
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crew on deck of whaling schooner era, canadian arctic |
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Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport |
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1898 |
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East Haddam (Conn.) 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 Monroe New Bedford The Schooner |
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Arctic Bedford Monroe New Bedford The Schooner |
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Source Note: Comer Collection 70002:5319 Accession number: 1963.1767.55 local: ms_m169063.tif http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5319 |
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Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Photography Department, Mystic Seaport, Mystic. |
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