Inuit (butchering walrus), Hudson Bay, Canada

Several Inuit are apparently engaged in butchering a walrus at Hudson Bay, Canada, ca. 1897-1912. Lifestyle Livelihood Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope identifies this as Photo 137. Taken by Captain George Comer (1858-1937), a sealer and whaling captain from East Hadda...

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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/11134/70002:5451
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spelling ftconnecticstlib:oai:oai:collections.ctdigitalarchive.org:70002_5451 2023-05-15T14:58:27+02:00 Inuit (butchering walrus), Hudson Bay, Canada Comer, George (Creator) East Haddam (Conn.) 1897 - 1912 image/tiff http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5451 unknown Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport Source Note: Comer Collection 70002:5451 Accession number: 1963.1767.151 local: ms_m169271.tif http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5451 Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Photography Department, Mystic Seaport, Mystic. Inuit StillImage photographs 1897 ftconnecticstlib 2019-06-14T11:21:08Z Several Inuit are apparently engaged in butchering a walrus at Hudson Bay, Canada, ca. 1897-1912. Lifestyle Livelihood Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope identifies this as Photo 137. 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 walrus* 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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spellingShingle Inuit
Comer, George (Creator)
Inuit (butchering walrus), Hudson Bay, Canada
topic_facet Inuit
description Several Inuit are apparently engaged in butchering a walrus at Hudson Bay, Canada, ca. 1897-1912. Lifestyle Livelihood Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope identifies this as Photo 137. 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 (butchering walrus), Hudson Bay, Canada
title_short Inuit (butchering walrus), Hudson Bay, Canada
title_full Inuit (butchering walrus), Hudson Bay, Canada
title_fullStr Inuit (butchering walrus), Hudson Bay, Canada
title_full_unstemmed Inuit (butchering walrus), Hudson Bay, Canada
title_sort inuit (butchering walrus), hudson bay, canada
publisher Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport
publishDate 1897
url http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5451
op_coverage East Haddam (Conn.)
long_lat ENVELOPE(-67.150,-67.150,-66.467,-66.467)
ENVELOPE(-61.250,-61.250,-73.367,-73.367)
geographic Arctic
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
walrus*
genre_facet Arctic
Hudson Bay
inuit
walrus*
op_relation Source Note: Comer Collection
70002:5451
Accession number: 1963.1767.151
local: ms_m169271.tif
http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5451
op_rights Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Photography Department, Mystic Seaport, Mystic.
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