Deck scene on board whaling schooner A.T. Gifford, Hudson Bay, Canada
Deck scene on board the whaling schooner A.T. Gifford, Hudson Bay, ca. 1907-1912. Inuit and American crew members can be seen. Dogs, whaleboats and gear are also visible. Infrastructure Livelihood Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope identifies this as # 1. The schooner A....
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| Format: | Still Image |
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Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport
1907
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5335 |
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| author | Comer, George (Creator) |
| author_facet | Comer, George (Creator) |
| author_sort | Comer, George (Creator) |
| collection | Connecticut Digital Archive |
| description | Deck scene on board the whaling schooner A.T. Gifford, Hudson Bay, ca. 1907-1912. Inuit and American crew members can be seen. Dogs, whaleboats and gear are also visible. Infrastructure Livelihood Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope identifies this as # 1. The schooner A.T. Gifford was built in 1883 at Essex, Massachusetts. George Comer was her master during one of his Arctic voyages in which he mapped areas in the Hudson Bay area. 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. |
| format | Still Image |
| genre | Arctic Hudson Bay inuit |
| genre_facet | Arctic Hudson Bay inuit |
| geographic | Arctic Bedford Canada Hudson Hudson Bay New Bedford The Schooner |
| geographic_facet | Arctic Bedford Canada Hudson Hudson Bay New Bedford The Schooner |
| id | ftconnecticstlib:oai:oai:collections.ctdigitalarchive.org:70002_5335 |
| institution | Open Polar |
| language | unknown |
| long_lat | ENVELOPE(-67.150,-67.150,-66.467,-66.467) ENVELOPE(-61.250,-61.250,-73.367,-73.367) ENVELOPE(-55.665,-55.665,49.617,49.617) |
| op_collection_id | ftconnecticstlib |
| op_coverage | East Haddam (Conn.) |
| op_relation | Source Note: Comer Collection 70002:5335 Accession number: 1963.1767.3 local: ms_m168965.tif http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5335 |
| op_rights | Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Photography Department, Mystic Seaport, Mystic. |
| publishDate | 1907 |
| publisher | Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport |
| record_format | openpolar |
| spelling | ftconnecticstlib:oai:oai:collections.ctdigitalarchive.org:70002_5335 2025-01-16T20:24:18+00:00 Deck scene on board whaling schooner A.T. Gifford, Hudson Bay, Canada Comer, George (Creator) East Haddam (Conn.) 1907 - 1912 image/tiff http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5335 unknown Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport Source Note: Comer Collection 70002:5335 Accession number: 1963.1767.3 local: ms_m168965.tif http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5335 Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Photography Department, Mystic Seaport, Mystic. Whaling ships Schooners Ships Whalers (Persons) Inuit Dogs Whaleboats Boats and boating A.T. Gifford (Schooner) StillImage photographs 1907 ftconnecticstlib 2019-06-14T11:46:42Z Deck scene on board the whaling schooner A.T. Gifford, Hudson Bay, ca. 1907-1912. Inuit and American crew members can be seen. Dogs, whaleboats and gear are also visible. Infrastructure Livelihood Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope identifies this as # 1. The schooner A.T. Gifford was built in 1883 at Essex, Massachusetts. George Comer was her master during one of his Arctic voyages in which he mapped areas in the Hudson Bay area. 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 Hudson Bay inuit Connecticut Digital Archive Arctic Bedford ENVELOPE(-67.150,-67.150,-66.467,-66.467) Canada Hudson Hudson Bay New Bedford ENVELOPE(-61.250,-61.250,-73.367,-73.367) The Schooner ENVELOPE(-55.665,-55.665,49.617,49.617) |
| spellingShingle | Whaling ships Schooners Ships Whalers (Persons) Inuit Dogs Whaleboats Boats and boating A.T. Gifford (Schooner) Comer, George (Creator) Deck scene on board whaling schooner A.T. Gifford, Hudson Bay, Canada |
| title | Deck scene on board whaling schooner A.T. Gifford, Hudson Bay, Canada |
| title_full | Deck scene on board whaling schooner A.T. Gifford, Hudson Bay, Canada |
| title_fullStr | Deck scene on board whaling schooner A.T. Gifford, Hudson Bay, Canada |
| title_full_unstemmed | Deck scene on board whaling schooner A.T. Gifford, Hudson Bay, Canada |
| title_short | Deck scene on board whaling schooner A.T. Gifford, Hudson Bay, Canada |
| title_sort | deck scene on board whaling schooner a.t. gifford, hudson bay, canada |
| topic | Whaling ships Schooners Ships Whalers (Persons) Inuit Dogs Whaleboats Boats and boating A.T. Gifford (Schooner) |
| topic_facet | Whaling ships Schooners Ships Whalers (Persons) Inuit Dogs Whaleboats Boats and boating A.T. Gifford (Schooner) |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5335 |