Inuit (Santa Anna, Gilbert, Joe and Jimmy) building snow houses, Cape Fullerton, Hudson Bay, Canadian Arctic

Several Inuit stand in front of newly-built snow houses at Cape Fullerton, Hudson Bay, December 1903. The men are identified as Santa Anna, Gilbert, Joe and Jimmy. Also clearly visible in the photo are several Inuit snow shovels, used in the construction process. Infrastructure Lifestyle Title suppl...

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Main Author: Comer, George (Creator)
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Published: Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport 1903
Subjects:
Inuit
Igloos
Dwellings
Arctic
Bedford
Cape Fullerton
Hudson
Hudson Bay
New Bedford
inuit
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5470
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spelling ftconnecticstlib:oai:oai:collections.ctdigitalarchive.org:70002_5470 2023-05-15T14:53:24+02:00 Inuit (Santa Anna, Gilbert, Joe and Jimmy) building snow houses, Cape Fullerton, Hudson Bay, Canadian Arctic Comer, George (Creator) East Haddam (Conn.) 1903 image/tiff http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5470 unknown Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport Source Note: Comer Collection 70002:5470 Accession number: 1963.1767.198 local: ms_m169344.tif http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5470 Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Photography Department, Mystic Seaport, Mystic. Inuit Igloos Dwellings StillImage photographs 1903 ftconnecticstlib 2019-06-14T11:12:17Z Several Inuit stand in front of newly-built snow houses at Cape Fullerton, Hudson Bay, December 1903. The men are identified as Santa Anna, Gilbert, Joe and Jimmy. Also clearly visible in the photo are several Inuit snow shovels, used in the construction process. Infrastructure Lifestyle Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope identifies this as Photo #190, #18. The number 18 is etched into emulsion on right edge of plate. 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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collection Connecticut Digital Archive
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topic Inuit
Igloos
Dwellings
spellingShingle Inuit
Igloos
Dwellings
Comer, George (Creator)
Inuit (Santa Anna, Gilbert, Joe and Jimmy) building snow houses, Cape Fullerton, Hudson Bay, Canadian Arctic
topic_facet Inuit
Igloos
Dwellings
description Several Inuit stand in front of newly-built snow houses at Cape Fullerton, Hudson Bay, December 1903. The men are identified as Santa Anna, Gilbert, Joe and Jimmy. Also clearly visible in the photo are several Inuit snow shovels, used in the construction process. Infrastructure Lifestyle Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope identifies this as Photo #190, #18. The number 18 is etched into emulsion on right edge of plate. 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 (Santa Anna, Gilbert, Joe and Jimmy) building snow houses, Cape Fullerton, Hudson Bay, Canadian Arctic
title_short Inuit (Santa Anna, Gilbert, Joe and Jimmy) building snow houses, Cape Fullerton, Hudson Bay, Canadian Arctic
title_full Inuit (Santa Anna, Gilbert, Joe and Jimmy) building snow houses, Cape Fullerton, Hudson Bay, Canadian Arctic
title_fullStr Inuit (Santa Anna, Gilbert, Joe and Jimmy) building snow houses, Cape Fullerton, Hudson Bay, Canadian Arctic
title_full_unstemmed Inuit (Santa Anna, Gilbert, Joe and Jimmy) building snow houses, Cape Fullerton, Hudson Bay, Canadian Arctic
title_sort inuit (santa anna, gilbert, joe and jimmy) building snow houses, cape fullerton, hudson bay, canadian arctic
publisher Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport
publishDate 1903
url http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5470
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
70002:5470
Accession number: 1963.1767.198
local: ms_m169344.tif
http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5470
op_rights Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Photography Department, Mystic Seaport, Mystic.
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