Crew banking snow around whaling schooner Era, Cape Fullerton, Hudson Bay, Canada
Crew members wearing caribou clothing pose alongside the whaling schooner Era, Cape Fullerton, Hudson Bay, Canada, November 17, 1900. The men are engaged in banking the vessel with snow. Environment Infrastructure Livelihood Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope identifies...
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ftconnecticstlib:oai:oai:collections.ctdigitalarchive.org:70002_5376 2023-05-15T15:05:57+02:00 Crew banking snow around whaling schooner Era, Cape Fullerton, Hudson Bay, Canada Comer, George (Creator) East Haddam (Conn.) 1900 image/tiff http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5376 unknown Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport Source Note: Comer Collection 70002:5376 Accession number: 1963.1767.22 local: ms_m169001.tif http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5376 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 1900 ftconnecticstlib 2019-06-14T11:10:04Z Crew members wearing caribou clothing pose alongside the whaling schooner Era, Cape Fullerton, Hudson Bay, Canada, November 17, 1900. The men are engaged in banking the vessel with snow. Environment Infrastructure Livelihood Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope identifies this as # 57. Snow was used to bank the vessel during the winter. It provided insulation and protection from the wind. 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. Comer's original caption for the image was "Banking the ERA for winter." Still Image Arctic Hudson Bay Connecticut Digital Archive Arctic Bedford ENVELOPE(-67.150,-67.150,-66.467,-66.467) Canada Cape Fullerton ENVELOPE(-88.766,-88.766,63.967,63.967) 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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Whaling ships Schooners Sailing ships Ships Whalers (Persons) Era (Schooner) Comer, George (Creator) Crew banking snow around whaling schooner Era, Cape Fullerton, Hudson Bay, Canada |
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Whaling ships Schooners Sailing ships Ships Whalers (Persons) Era (Schooner) |
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Crew members wearing caribou clothing pose alongside the whaling schooner Era, Cape Fullerton, Hudson Bay, Canada, November 17, 1900. The men are engaged in banking the vessel with snow. Environment Infrastructure Livelihood Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope identifies this as # 57. Snow was used to bank the vessel during the winter. It provided insulation and protection from the wind. 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. Comer's original caption for the image was "Banking the ERA for winter." |
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Comer, George (Creator) |
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Comer, George (Creator) |
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Crew banking snow around whaling schooner Era, Cape Fullerton, Hudson Bay, Canada |
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Crew banking snow around whaling schooner Era, Cape Fullerton, Hudson Bay, Canada |
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Crew banking snow around whaling schooner Era, Cape Fullerton, Hudson Bay, Canada |
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Crew banking snow around whaling schooner Era, Cape Fullerton, Hudson Bay, Canada |
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Crew banking snow around whaling schooner Era, Cape Fullerton, Hudson Bay, Canada |
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crew banking snow around whaling schooner era, cape fullerton, hudson bay, canada |
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Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport |
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1900 |
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http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5376 |
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East Haddam (Conn.) |
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ENVELOPE(-67.150,-67.150,-66.467,-66.467) ENVELOPE(-88.766,-88.766,63.967,63.967) 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 Canada Cape Fullerton Hudson Hudson Bay Monroe New Bedford The Schooner |
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Arctic Bedford Canada Cape Fullerton 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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Source Note: Comer Collection 70002:5376 Accession number: 1963.1767.22 local: ms_m169001.tif http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5376 |
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Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Photography Department, Mystic Seaport, Mystic. |
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