Inuit group traveling with dogs and goods, Hudson Bay area, Canadian Arctic
A group of Inuit is traveling with dogs and goods, Hudson Bay area, ca. 1897-1912. One of the group appears to be carrying a child on his back. Infrastructure Lifestyle Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope identifies this as Photo #5. Taken by Captain George Comer (1858-19...
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Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport
1897
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5428 |
| Summary: | A group of Inuit is traveling with dogs and goods, Hudson Bay area, ca. 1897-1912. One of the group appears to be carrying a child on his back. Infrastructure Lifestyle Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope identifies this as Photo #5. 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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