Tryworks on board whaling schooner Era, Hudson Bay, Canadian Arctic
Deck view of the whaling schooner Era, showing tryworks (or try works) on board the vessel, Hudson Bay, Canadian Arctic, 1901. Barrels and rigging can be seen in the foreground. Infrastructure Livelihood Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope identifies this as Photo 92. Num...
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ftconnecticstlib:oai:oai:collections.ctdigitalarchive.org:70002_5539 2023-05-15T14:47:00+02:00 Tryworks on board whaling schooner Era, Hudson Bay, Canadian Arctic Comer, George (Creator) East Haddam (Conn.) 1901 image/tiff http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5539 unknown Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport Source Note: Comer Collection 70002:5539 Accession number: 1963.1767.120 local: ms_m169213.tif http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5539 Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Photography Department, Mystic Seaport, Mystic. Whaling Whaling ships Schooners Sailing ships Ships Era (Schooner) StillImage photographs 1901 ftconnecticstlib 2019-06-14T11:15:04Z Deck view of the whaling schooner Era, showing tryworks (or try works) on board the vessel, Hudson Bay, Canadian Arctic, 1901. Barrels and rigging can be seen in the foreground. Infrastructure Livelihood Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope identifies this as Photo 92. Number 12 is etched into emulsion on lower part of plate. Whale blubber was melted down into oil by means of the tryworks. 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) Hudson Hudson Bay New Bedford ENVELOPE(-61.250,-61.250,-73.367,-73.367) |
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Whaling Whaling ships Schooners Sailing ships Ships Era (Schooner) Comer, George (Creator) Tryworks on board whaling schooner Era, Hudson Bay, Canadian Arctic |
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Whaling Whaling ships Schooners Sailing ships Ships Era (Schooner) |
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Deck view of the whaling schooner Era, showing tryworks (or try works) on board the vessel, Hudson Bay, Canadian Arctic, 1901. Barrels and rigging can be seen in the foreground. Infrastructure Livelihood Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope identifies this as Photo 92. Number 12 is etched into emulsion on lower part of plate. Whale blubber was melted down into oil by means of the tryworks. 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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Comer, George (Creator) |
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Comer, George (Creator) |
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Comer, George (Creator) |
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Tryworks on board whaling schooner Era, Hudson Bay, Canadian Arctic |
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Tryworks on board whaling schooner Era, Hudson Bay, Canadian Arctic |
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Tryworks on board whaling schooner Era, Hudson Bay, Canadian Arctic |
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Tryworks on board whaling schooner Era, Hudson Bay, Canadian Arctic |
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Tryworks on board whaling schooner Era, Hudson Bay, Canadian Arctic |
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tryworks on board whaling schooner era, hudson bay, canadian arctic |
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Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport |
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1901 |
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http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5539 |
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East Haddam (Conn.) |
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ENVELOPE(-67.150,-67.150,-66.467,-66.467) ENVELOPE(-61.250,-61.250,-73.367,-73.367) |
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Arctic Bedford Hudson Hudson Bay New Bedford |
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Arctic Bedford Hudson Hudson Bay New Bedford |
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Arctic Hudson Bay |
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Arctic Hudson Bay |
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Source Note: Comer Collection 70002:5539 Accession number: 1963.1767.120 local: ms_m169213.tif http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5539 |
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Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Photography Department, Mystic Seaport, Mystic. |
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