Whaling schooner Era under sail
Starboard broadside view of the topsail whaling schooner Era under sail, possibly taken while leaving New Bedford at the beginning of a voyage. A whaleboat can be seen alongside the schooner. Infrastructure Livelihood Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope identifies this as...
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ftconnecticstlib:oai:oai:collections.ctdigitalarchive.org:70002_5478 2023-05-15T14:57:44+02:00 Whaling schooner Era under sail Comer, George (Creator) East Haddam (Conn.) New London (Conn.) 1897 - 1905 image/tiff http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5478 unknown Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport Source Note: Comer Collection 70002:5478 Accession number: 1963.1767.246 local: ms_m169449.tif http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5478 Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Photography Department, Mystic Seaport, Mystic. Whaling ships Schooners Sailing ships Ships Era (Schooner) StillImage photographs 1897 ftconnecticstlib 2019-06-14T11:48:26Z Starboard broadside view of the topsail whaling schooner Era under sail, possibly taken while leaving New Bedford at the beginning of a voyage. A whaleboat can be seen alongside the schooner. Infrastructure Livelihood Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope identifies this as Photo 187, A 42. The schooner Era was built in 1847 at Boston, Massachusetts. She was a New London whaling vessel until her last voyage out of that port in 1892; her masters included James Monroe Buddington and John O. Spicer. Captain George Comer of East Haddam served on her as mate under Captain Spicer. Comer was later master of the Era for several Arctic voyages out of New Bedford, 1895-1906. She was wrecked off Miquelon Island, July 27, 1906. Citation: Captain George Comer and the Arctic / by Fred Calabretta in The Log of Mystic Seaport, Winter 1984, p. 118-131, and from For oil and buggy whips / by Barnard L. Colby, p. 178-182. 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 Still Image Arctic Connecticut Digital Archive Arctic Bedford ENVELOPE(-67.150,-67.150,-66.467,-66.467) Monroe ENVELOPE(-46.050,-46.050,-60.600,-60.600) New Bedford ENVELOPE(-61.250,-61.250,-73.367,-73.367) The Schooner ENVELOPE(-55.665,-55.665,49.617,49.617) |
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Starboard broadside view of the topsail whaling schooner Era under sail, possibly taken while leaving New Bedford at the beginning of a voyage. A whaleboat can be seen alongside the schooner. Infrastructure Livelihood Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope identifies this as Photo 187, A 42. The schooner Era was built in 1847 at Boston, Massachusetts. She was a New London whaling vessel until her last voyage out of that port in 1892; her masters included James Monroe Buddington and John O. Spicer. Captain George Comer of East Haddam served on her as mate under Captain Spicer. Comer was later master of the Era for several Arctic voyages out of New Bedford, 1895-1906. She was wrecked off Miquelon Island, July 27, 1906. Citation: Captain George Comer and the Arctic / by Fred Calabretta in The Log of Mystic Seaport, Winter 1984, p. 118-131, and from For oil and buggy whips / by Barnard L. Colby, p. 178-182. 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 |
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Whaling schooner Era under sail |
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Whaling schooner Era under sail |
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Whaling schooner Era under sail |
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Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport |
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1897 |
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East Haddam (Conn.) New London (Conn.) |
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Source Note: Comer Collection 70002:5478 Accession number: 1963.1767.246 local: ms_m169449.tif http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5478 |
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Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Photography Department, Mystic Seaport, Mystic. |
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