Inuit (Ben, Jimmy, Harlan Smith) building snow houses, Cape Fullerton, Hudson Bay, Canadian Arctic

A group of Inuit are building snow houses at Cape Fullerton, Hudson Bay, December 1903. Among them are three men identified as Ben, Jimmy, and Harlan Smith. The group appears to include at least two children. The bowsprit of the whaling schooner Era is visible at right. Infrastructure Lifestyle Titl...

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Main Author: Comer, George (Creator)
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Published: Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport 1903
Subjects:
Inuit children
Inuit
Igloos
Dwellings
Arctic
Bedford
Cape Fullerton
Hudson
Hudson Bay
New Bedford
inuit
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5469
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spelling ftconnecticstlib:oai:oai:collections.ctdigitalarchive.org:70002_5469 2023-05-15T14:52:46+02:00 Inuit (Ben, Jimmy, Harlan Smith) building snow houses, Cape Fullerton, Hudson Bay, Canadian Arctic Comer, George (Creator) East Haddam (Conn.) 1903 image/tiff http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5469 unknown Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport Source Note: Comer Collection 70002:5469 Accession number: 1963.1767.196 local: ms_m169340.tif http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5469 Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Photography Department, Mystic Seaport, Mystic. Inuit children Inuit Igloos Dwellings StillImage photographs 1903 ftconnecticstlib 2019-06-14T11:52:47Z A group of Inuit are building snow houses at Cape Fullerton, Hudson Bay, December 1903. Among them are three men identified as Ben, Jimmy, and Harlan Smith. The group appears to include at least two children. The bowsprit of the whaling schooner Era is visible at right. Infrastructure Lifestyle Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope identifies this as Photo #198, #15. 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 Connecticut Digital Archive Arctic Bedford ENVELOPE(-67.150,-67.150,-66.467,-66.467) Cape Fullerton ENVELOPE(-88.766,-88.766,63.967,63.967) Hudson Hudson Bay New Bedford ENVELOPE(-61.250,-61.250,-73.367,-73.367)
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topic Inuit children
Inuit
Igloos
Dwellings
spellingShingle Inuit children
Inuit
Igloos
Dwellings
Comer, George (Creator)
Inuit (Ben, Jimmy, Harlan Smith) building snow houses, Cape Fullerton, Hudson Bay, Canadian Arctic
topic_facet Inuit children
Inuit
Igloos
Dwellings
description A group of Inuit are building snow houses at Cape Fullerton, Hudson Bay, December 1903. Among them are three men identified as Ben, Jimmy, and Harlan Smith. The group appears to include at least two children. The bowsprit of the whaling schooner Era is visible at right. Infrastructure Lifestyle Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope identifies this as Photo #198, #15. 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 (Ben, Jimmy, Harlan Smith) building snow houses, Cape Fullerton, Hudson Bay, Canadian Arctic
title_short Inuit (Ben, Jimmy, Harlan Smith) building snow houses, Cape Fullerton, Hudson Bay, Canadian Arctic
title_full Inuit (Ben, Jimmy, Harlan Smith) building snow houses, Cape Fullerton, Hudson Bay, Canadian Arctic
title_fullStr Inuit (Ben, Jimmy, Harlan Smith) building snow houses, Cape Fullerton, Hudson Bay, Canadian Arctic
title_full_unstemmed Inuit (Ben, Jimmy, Harlan Smith) building snow houses, Cape Fullerton, Hudson Bay, Canadian Arctic
title_sort inuit (ben, jimmy, harlan smith) building snow houses, cape fullerton, hudson bay, canadian arctic
publisher Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport
publishDate 1903
url http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5469
op_coverage East Haddam (Conn.)
long_lat ENVELOPE(-67.150,-67.150,-66.467,-66.467)
ENVELOPE(-88.766,-88.766,63.967,63.967)
ENVELOPE(-61.250,-61.250,-73.367,-73.367)
geographic Arctic
Bedford
Cape Fullerton
Hudson
Hudson Bay
New Bedford
geographic_facet Arctic
Bedford
Cape Fullerton
Hudson
Hudson Bay
New Bedford
genre Arctic
Hudson Bay
inuit
genre_facet Arctic
Hudson Bay
inuit
op_relation Source Note: Comer Collection
70002:5469
Accession number: 1963.1767.196
local: ms_m169340.tif
http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5469
op_rights Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Photography Department, Mystic Seaport, Mystic.
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