Inuit women and children outside skin tent, Hudson Bay, Canada

Ten Inuit women and children are seated in front of a skin tent in the Hudson Bay area of the Canadian Arctic, ca. 1897-1912. Infrastructure Lifestyle Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope identifies this as # 21. Such tents provided shelter during summer. Taken by Captain...

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Main Author: Comer, George (Creator)
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Published: Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport 1897
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5343
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spelling ftconnecticstlib:oai:oai:collections.ctdigitalarchive.org:70002_5343 2023-05-15T14:51:29+02:00 Inuit women and children outside skin tent, Hudson Bay, Canada Comer, George (Creator) East Haddam (Conn.) 1897 - 1912 image/tiff http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5343 unknown Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport Source Note: Comer Collection 70002:5343 Accession number: 1963.1767.10 local: ms_m168993.tif http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5343 Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Photography Department, Mystic Seaport, Mystic. Inuit children Inuit Tents Dwellings StillImage photographs 1897 ftconnecticstlib 2019-06-14T11:54:10Z Ten Inuit women and children are seated in front of a skin tent in the Hudson Bay area of the Canadian Arctic, ca. 1897-1912. Infrastructure Lifestyle Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope identifies this as # 21. Such tents provided shelter during summer. 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)
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topic Inuit children
Inuit
Tents
Dwellings
spellingShingle Inuit children
Inuit
Tents
Dwellings
Comer, George (Creator)
Inuit women and children outside skin tent, Hudson Bay, Canada
topic_facet Inuit children
Inuit
Tents
Dwellings
description Ten Inuit women and children are seated in front of a skin tent in the Hudson Bay area of the Canadian Arctic, ca. 1897-1912. Infrastructure Lifestyle Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope identifies this as # 21. Such tents provided shelter during summer. 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
author Comer, George (Creator)
author_facet Comer, George (Creator)
author_sort Comer, George (Creator)
title Inuit women and children outside skin tent, Hudson Bay, Canada
title_short Inuit women and children outside skin tent, Hudson Bay, Canada
title_full Inuit women and children outside skin tent, Hudson Bay, Canada
title_fullStr Inuit women and children outside skin tent, Hudson Bay, Canada
title_full_unstemmed Inuit women and children outside skin tent, Hudson Bay, Canada
title_sort inuit women and children outside skin tent, hudson bay, canada
publisher Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport
publishDate 1897
url http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5343
op_coverage East Haddam (Conn.)
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Bedford
Canada
Hudson
Hudson Bay
New Bedford
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Bedford
Canada
Hudson
Hudson Bay
New Bedford
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Hudson Bay
inuit
genre_facet Arctic
Hudson Bay
inuit
op_relation Source Note: Comer Collection
70002:5343
Accession number: 1963.1767.10
local: ms_m168993.tif
http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5343
op_rights Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Photography Department, Mystic Seaport, Mystic.
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