Inuit and American crew of whaling schooner Era with whaleboats and gear, Hudson Bay, Canadian Arctic

A group of Inuit and whaling crew members stand outdoors at Hudson Bay in the Canadian Arctic. Whaleboats (some covered) and whaling gear are also visible. The whaling schooner Era can be seen at right. Some of the Inuit wear clothing identified as obtained from the Americans. Infrastructure Livelih...

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Main Author: Comer, George (Creator)
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Published: Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport 1897
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5547
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spelling ftconnecticstlib:oai:oai:collections.ctdigitalarchive.org:70002_5547 2023-05-15T14:50:26+02:00 Inuit and American crew of whaling schooner Era with whaleboats and gear, Hudson Bay, Canadian Arctic Comer, George (Creator) East Haddam (Conn.) New London (Conn.) 1897 - 1905 image/tiff http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5547 unknown Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport Source Note: Comer Collection 70002:5547 Accession number: 1963.1767.227 local: ms_m169391.tif http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5547 Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Photography Department, Mystic Seaport, Mystic. Whaling Inuit Whalers (Persons) Whaleboats Boats and boating Whaling ships Schooners Sailing ships Ships Era (Schooner) StillImage photographs 1897 ftconnecticstlib 2019-06-14T11:27:32Z A group of Inuit and whaling crew members stand outdoors at Hudson Bay in the Canadian Arctic. Whaleboats (some covered) and whaling gear are also visible. The whaling schooner Era can be seen at right. Some of the Inuit wear clothing identified as obtained from the Americans. Infrastructure Livelihood Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope identifies this as Photo # 3. 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 noted Still Image Arctic Hudson Bay inuit Connecticut Digital Archive Arctic Bedford ENVELOPE(-67.150,-67.150,-66.467,-66.467) Hudson Hudson Bay 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)
institution Open Polar
collection Connecticut Digital Archive
op_collection_id ftconnecticstlib
language unknown
topic Whaling
Inuit
Whalers (Persons)
Whaleboats
Boats and boating
Whaling ships
Schooners
Sailing ships
Ships
Era (Schooner)
spellingShingle Whaling
Inuit
Whalers (Persons)
Whaleboats
Boats and boating
Whaling ships
Schooners
Sailing ships
Ships
Era (Schooner)
Comer, George (Creator)
Inuit and American crew of whaling schooner Era with whaleboats and gear, Hudson Bay, Canadian Arctic
topic_facet Whaling
Inuit
Whalers (Persons)
Whaleboats
Boats and boating
Whaling ships
Schooners
Sailing ships
Ships
Era (Schooner)
description A group of Inuit and whaling crew members stand outdoors at Hudson Bay in the Canadian Arctic. Whaleboats (some covered) and whaling gear are also visible. The whaling schooner Era can be seen at right. Some of the Inuit wear clothing identified as obtained from the Americans. Infrastructure Livelihood Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope identifies this as Photo # 3. 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 noted
format Still Image
author Comer, George (Creator)
author_facet Comer, George (Creator)
author_sort Comer, George (Creator)
title Inuit and American crew of whaling schooner Era with whaleboats and gear, Hudson Bay, Canadian Arctic
title_short Inuit and American crew of whaling schooner Era with whaleboats and gear, Hudson Bay, Canadian Arctic
title_full Inuit and American crew of whaling schooner Era with whaleboats and gear, Hudson Bay, Canadian Arctic
title_fullStr Inuit and American crew of whaling schooner Era with whaleboats and gear, Hudson Bay, Canadian Arctic
title_full_unstemmed Inuit and American crew of whaling schooner Era with whaleboats and gear, Hudson Bay, Canadian Arctic
title_sort inuit and american crew of whaling schooner era with whaleboats and gear, hudson bay, canadian arctic
publisher Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport
publishDate 1897
url http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5547
op_coverage East Haddam (Conn.)
New London (Conn.)
long_lat ENVELOPE(-67.150,-67.150,-66.467,-66.467)
ENVELOPE(-46.050,-46.050,-60.600,-60.600)
ENVELOPE(-61.250,-61.250,-73.367,-73.367)
ENVELOPE(-55.665,-55.665,49.617,49.617)
geographic Arctic
Bedford
Hudson
Hudson Bay
Monroe
New Bedford
The Schooner
geographic_facet Arctic
Bedford
Hudson
Hudson Bay
Monroe
New Bedford
The Schooner
genre Arctic
Hudson Bay
inuit
genre_facet Arctic
Hudson Bay
inuit
op_relation Source Note: Comer Collection
70002:5547
Accession number: 1963.1767.227
local: ms_m169391.tif
http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5547
op_rights Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Photography Department, Mystic Seaport, Mystic.
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