| Summary: | Captain George Comer and the crew of the whaling schooner Era pose outdoors, Cape Fullerton, Hudson Bay, April 8, 1904. The men are clean-shaven and have neatly combed hair. Comer is in the center in the back row. An Inuit child, possibly the boy known as Tom Luce, is posed in front of him. Seated in the center in the front row is Comer's longtime boatsteerer from the Cape Verde Islands, Brass Lopes. Infrastructure Livelihood Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope identifies this as Photo 1. Captain George Comer (1858-1937) was 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. Taken by Commander A.P. Low of the Canadian steamer Neptune.
|
|---|