Five whaleboats towing whaling schooner Era or A.T. Gifford, Hudson Bay, Canada
View of five whaleboats towing the whaling schooner Era or A.T. Gifford, Hudson Bay, ca. 1897-1912. Infrastructure Livelihood Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope identifies this as # 25. The schooner Era was built in 1847 at Boston, Massachusetts. She was a New London wha...
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ftconnecticstlib:oai:oai:collections.ctdigitalarchive.org:70002_5383 2023-05-15T14:56:09+02:00 Five whaleboats towing whaling schooner Era or A.T. Gifford, Hudson Bay, Canada Comer, George (Creator) East Haddam (Conn.) 1897 - 1912 image/tiff http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5383 unknown Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport Source Note: Comer Collection 70002:5383 Accession number: 1963.1767.30 local: ms_m169015.tif http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5383 Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Photography Department, Mystic Seaport, Mystic. Whaling ships Schooners Sailing ships Ships Whaleboats Boats and boating Era (Schooner) A.T. Gifford (Schooner) StillImage photographs 1897 ftconnecticstlib 2019-06-14T11:37:05Z View of five whaleboats towing the whaling schooner Era or A.T. Gifford, Hudson Bay, ca. 1897-1912. Infrastructure Livelihood Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope identifies this as # 25. 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. 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 Connecticut Digital Archive Arctic Bedford ENVELOPE(-67.150,-67.150,-66.467,-66.467) Canada 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 Whaleboats Boats and boating Era (Schooner) A.T. Gifford (Schooner) Comer, George (Creator) Five whaleboats towing whaling schooner Era or A.T. Gifford, Hudson Bay, Canada |
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Whaling ships Schooners Sailing ships Ships Whaleboats Boats and boating Era (Schooner) A.T. Gifford (Schooner) |
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View of five whaleboats towing the whaling schooner Era or A.T. Gifford, Hudson Bay, ca. 1897-1912. Infrastructure Livelihood Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope identifies this as # 25. 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. 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. |
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Comer, George (Creator) |
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Comer, George (Creator) |
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Five whaleboats towing whaling schooner Era or A.T. Gifford, Hudson Bay, Canada |
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Five whaleboats towing whaling schooner Era or A.T. Gifford, Hudson Bay, Canada |
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Five whaleboats towing whaling schooner Era or A.T. Gifford, Hudson Bay, Canada |
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Five whaleboats towing whaling schooner Era or A.T. Gifford, Hudson Bay, Canada |
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Five whaleboats towing whaling schooner Era or A.T. Gifford, Hudson Bay, Canada |
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five whaleboats towing whaling schooner era or a.t. gifford, hudson bay, canada |
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Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport |
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1897 |
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http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5383 |
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East Haddam (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 Canada Hudson Hudson Bay Monroe New Bedford The Schooner |
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Arctic Bedford Canada 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 70002:5383 Accession number: 1963.1767.30 local: ms_m169015.tif http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5383 |
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Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Photography Department, Mystic Seaport, Mystic. |
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