Loons in pond, Hudson Bay, Canada
View of loons on a pond, Hudson Bay, Canadian Arctic, ca. 1897-1912. Infrastructure Livelihood Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope identifies this as Photo 100, # 103.Number 103 is etched into emulsion on lower part of plate. Taken by Captain George Comer (1858-1937), a s...
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Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport
1897
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5513 |
| Summary: | View of loons on a pond, Hudson Bay, Canadian Arctic, ca. 1897-1912. Infrastructure Livelihood Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope identifies this as Photo 100, # 103.Number 103 is etched into emulsion on lower part 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. |
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