Crew of whaling schooner Era preparing for floe whaling, Repulse Bay, Hudson Bay, Canada
View of whaleboats and the whaling schooner Era, with ""the house over the after part of the vessel.still on"", Repulse Bay, Hudson Bay, Canada, May 3, 1902. Snow or ice can be seen in the foreground. Men identified as crew are engaged in readying the whaleboats for ""F...
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ftconnecticstlib:oai:oai:collections.ctdigitalarchive.org:70002_5433 2023-05-15T15:07:11+02:00 Crew of whaling schooner Era preparing for floe whaling, Repulse Bay, Hudson Bay, Canada Comer, George (Creator) East Haddam (Conn.) New London (Conn.) 1902 image/tiff http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5433 unknown Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport Source Note: Comer Collection 70002:5433 Accession number: 1963.1767.74 local: ms_m169104.tif http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5433 Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Photography Department, Mystic Seaport, Mystic. Whaling Whalers (Persons) Whaleboats Boats and boating Whaling ships Schooners Ships Era (Schooner) StillImage photographs 1902 ftconnecticstlib 2019-06-14T11:47:33Z View of whaleboats and the whaling schooner Era, with ""the house over the after part of the vessel.still on"", Repulse Bay, Hudson Bay, Canada, May 3, 1902. Snow or ice can be seen in the foreground. Men identified as crew are engaged in readying the whaleboats for ""Floe Whaling."" Also identified in the scene are musk ox skins drying and a man drying bearskins. Infrastructure Livelihood Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope identifies this as # 99. Photo would have been taken in the spring, during the season of floe whaling. During this time of year the whaling schooner was still frozen into the harbor ice, so the whaleboats were hauled out to the floe edge [the edge of the land-fast ice] and launched in search of whales. The boats were also provided with covers and used for shelter. 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 musk ox Repulse Bay 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) Repulse Bay ENVELOPE(69.383,69.383,-48.883,-48.883) |
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Whaling Whalers (Persons) Whaleboats Boats and boating Whaling ships Schooners Ships Era (Schooner) Comer, George (Creator) Crew of whaling schooner Era preparing for floe whaling, Repulse Bay, Hudson Bay, Canada |
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View of whaleboats and the whaling schooner Era, with ""the house over the after part of the vessel.still on"", Repulse Bay, Hudson Bay, Canada, May 3, 1902. Snow or ice can be seen in the foreground. Men identified as crew are engaged in readying the whaleboats for ""Floe Whaling."" Also identified in the scene are musk ox skins drying and a man drying bearskins. Infrastructure Livelihood Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope identifies this as # 99. Photo would have been taken in the spring, during the season of floe whaling. During this time of year the whaling schooner was still frozen into the harbor ice, so the whaleboats were hauled out to the floe edge [the edge of the land-fast ice] and launched in search of whales. The boats were also provided with covers and used for shelter. 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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Crew of whaling schooner Era preparing for floe whaling, Repulse Bay, Hudson Bay, Canada |
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Crew of whaling schooner Era preparing for floe whaling, Repulse Bay, Hudson Bay, Canada |
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Crew of whaling schooner Era preparing for floe whaling, Repulse Bay, Hudson Bay, Canada |
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Crew of whaling schooner Era preparing for floe whaling, Repulse Bay, Hudson Bay, Canada |
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Crew of whaling schooner Era preparing for floe whaling, Repulse Bay, Hudson Bay, Canada |
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crew of whaling schooner era preparing for floe whaling, repulse bay, hudson bay, canada |
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Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport |
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1902 |
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East Haddam (Conn.) New London (Conn.) |
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ENVELOPE(-67.150,-67.150,-66.467,-66.467) ENVELOPE(-61.250,-61.250,-73.367,-73.367) ENVELOPE(69.383,69.383,-48.883,-48.883) |
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Arctic Bedford Canada Hudson Hudson Bay New Bedford Repulse Bay |
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Arctic Bedford Canada Hudson Hudson Bay New Bedford Repulse Bay |
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Arctic Hudson Bay musk ox Repulse Bay |
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Arctic Hudson Bay musk ox Repulse Bay |
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Source Note: Comer Collection 70002:5433 Accession number: 1963.1767.74 local: ms_m169104.tif http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5433 |
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Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Photography Department, Mystic Seaport, Mystic. |
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