Inuit women and child in snow house, Hudson Bay, Canadian Arctic
Four Inuit women and a child are seated inside a snow house at Hudson Bay, ca. 1897-1912. Lifestyle Infrastructure Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope identifies this as Photo #186. Taken by Captain George Comer (1858-1937), a sealer and whaling captain from East Haddam....
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Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport
1897
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5466 |
| Summary: | Four Inuit women and a child are seated inside a snow house at Hudson Bay, ca. 1897-1912. Lifestyle Infrastructure Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope identifies this as Photo #186. 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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