Inuit summer tents, Hudson Bay, Canada
View of Inuit summer (probably skin) tents, Hudson Bay, Canadian Arctic, ca. 1897-1912. Also visible is meat drying on racks. Infrastructure Lifestyle Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope identifies this as Photo 119. Taken by Captain George Comer (1858-1937), a sealer and...
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Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport
1897
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5453 |
Summary: | View of Inuit summer (probably skin) tents, Hudson Bay, Canadian Arctic, ca. 1897-1912. Also visible is meat drying on racks. Infrastructure Lifestyle Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope identifies this as Photo 119. 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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