Men collecting water alongside a whaling schooner, Hudson Bay, Canada

View of four men apparently standing on ice alongside a whaling schooner in Hudson Bay, Canadian Arctic, ca. 1897-1905. The men are using a bucket to collect water. Scene is identified as probably depicting spring time conditions. Livelihood Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original env...

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Main Author: Comer, George (Creator)
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Published: Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport 1897
Subjects:
Whaling
Whalers (Persons)
Arctic
Bedford
Canada
Hudson
Hudson Bay
New Bedford
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5538
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spelling ftconnecticstlib:oai:oai:collections.ctdigitalarchive.org:70002_5538 2023-05-15T14:51:29+02:00 Men collecting water alongside a whaling schooner, Hudson Bay, Canada Comer, George (Creator) East Haddam (Conn.) 1897 - 1905 image/tiff http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5538 unknown Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport Source Note: Comer Collection 70002:5538 Accession number: 1963.1767.119 local: ms_m169212.tif http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5538 Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Photography Department, Mystic Seaport, Mystic. Whaling Whalers (Persons) StillImage photographs 1897 ftconnecticstlib 2019-06-14T11:44:45Z View of four men apparently standing on ice alongside a whaling schooner in Hudson Bay, Canadian Arctic, ca. 1897-1905. The men are using a bucket to collect water. Scene is identified as probably depicting spring time conditions. Livelihood Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope identifies this as Photo 126. 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 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)
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topic Whaling
Whalers (Persons)
spellingShingle Whaling
Whalers (Persons)
Comer, George (Creator)
Men collecting water alongside a whaling schooner, Hudson Bay, Canada
topic_facet Whaling
Whalers (Persons)
description View of four men apparently standing on ice alongside a whaling schooner in Hudson Bay, Canadian Arctic, ca. 1897-1905. The men are using a bucket to collect water. Scene is identified as probably depicting spring time conditions. Livelihood Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope identifies this as Photo 126. 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 Men collecting water alongside a whaling schooner, Hudson Bay, Canada
title_short Men collecting water alongside a whaling schooner, Hudson Bay, Canada
title_full Men collecting water alongside a whaling schooner, Hudson Bay, Canada
title_fullStr Men collecting water alongside a whaling schooner, Hudson Bay, Canada
title_full_unstemmed Men collecting water alongside a whaling schooner, Hudson Bay, Canada
title_sort men collecting water alongside a whaling schooner, hudson bay, canada
publisher Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport
publishDate 1897
url http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5538
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
Hudson Bay
genre_facet Arctic
Hudson Bay
op_relation Source Note: Comer Collection
70002:5538
Accession number: 1963.1767.119
local: ms_m169212.tif
http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5538
op_rights Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Photography Department, Mystic Seaport, Mystic.
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