Whale head alongside whaling schooner Era, Hudson Bay, Canada

View of a portion of a bowhead whale head, with baleen clearly visible, taken from on board the whaling schooner Era, Hudson Bay, Canada, ca. 1897-1905. Infrastructure Livelihood Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope identifies this as Photo # 202.Number 6 is etched into em...

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Main Author: Comer, George (Creator)
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Published: Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport 1897
Subjects:
Whales
Whaling
Whaling ships
Schooners
Sailing ships
Ships
Era (Schooner)
Arctic
Bedford
Canada
Hudson
Hudson Bay
New Bedford
bowhead whale
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5520
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spelling ftconnecticstlib:oai:oai:collections.ctdigitalarchive.org:70002_5520 2023-05-15T15:01:07+02:00 Whale head alongside whaling schooner Era, Hudson Bay, Canada Comer, George (Creator) East Haddam (Conn.) 1897 - 1905 image/tiff http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5520 unknown Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport Source Note: Comer Collection 70002:5520 Accession number: 1963.1767.210 local: ms_m169366.tif http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5520 Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Photography Department, Mystic Seaport, Mystic. Whales Whaling Whaling ships Schooners Sailing ships Ships Era (Schooner) StillImage photographs 1897 ftconnecticstlib 2019-06-14T11:42:16Z View of a portion of a bowhead whale head, with baleen clearly visible, taken from on board the whaling schooner Era, Hudson Bay, Canada, ca. 1897-1905. Infrastructure Livelihood Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope identifies this as Photo # 202.Number 6 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. Still Image Arctic bowhead whale Hudson Bay Connecticut Digital Archive Arctic Bedford ENVELOPE(-67.150,-67.150,-66.467,-66.467) Canada Hudson Hudson Bay New Bedford ENVELOPE(-61.250,-61.250,-73.367,-73.367)
institution Open Polar
collection Connecticut Digital Archive
op_collection_id ftconnecticstlib
language unknown
topic Whales
Whaling
Whaling ships
Schooners
Sailing ships
Ships
Era (Schooner)
spellingShingle Whales
Whaling
Whaling ships
Schooners
Sailing ships
Ships
Era (Schooner)
Comer, George (Creator)
Whale head alongside whaling schooner Era, Hudson Bay, Canada
topic_facet Whales
Whaling
Whaling ships
Schooners
Sailing ships
Ships
Era (Schooner)
description View of a portion of a bowhead whale head, with baleen clearly visible, taken from on board the whaling schooner Era, Hudson Bay, Canada, ca. 1897-1905. Infrastructure Livelihood Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope identifies this as Photo # 202.Number 6 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.
format Still Image
author Comer, George (Creator)
author_facet Comer, George (Creator)
author_sort Comer, George (Creator)
title Whale head alongside whaling schooner Era, Hudson Bay, Canada
title_short Whale head alongside whaling schooner Era, Hudson Bay, Canada
title_full Whale head alongside whaling schooner Era, Hudson Bay, Canada
title_fullStr Whale head alongside whaling schooner Era, Hudson Bay, Canada
title_full_unstemmed Whale head alongside whaling schooner Era, Hudson Bay, Canada
title_sort whale head alongside whaling schooner era, hudson bay, canada
publisher Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport
publishDate 1897
url http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5520
op_coverage East Haddam (Conn.)
long_lat ENVELOPE(-67.150,-67.150,-66.467,-66.467)
ENVELOPE(-61.250,-61.250,-73.367,-73.367)
geographic Arctic
Bedford
Canada
Hudson
Hudson Bay
New Bedford
geographic_facet Arctic
Bedford
Canada
Hudson
Hudson Bay
New Bedford
genre Arctic
bowhead whale
Hudson Bay
genre_facet Arctic
bowhead whale
Hudson Bay
op_relation Source Note: Comer Collection
70002:5520
Accession number: 1963.1767.210
local: ms_m169366.tif
http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5520
op_rights Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Photography Department, Mystic Seaport, Mystic.
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