Six Inuit women on board whaling schooner Era, Hudson Bay, Canada
Six Inuit women pose in front of a sailcloth backdrop inside the deckhouse of the whaling schooner Era, probably at Cape Fullerton, Hudson Bay, March 1905. Two of the women wear parkas decorated with trade beads, and two of them wear skirts or dresses made from trade cloth. Infrastructure Lifestyle...
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ftconnecticstlib:oai:oai:collections.ctdigitalarchive.org:70002_5554 2023-05-15T15:05:36+02:00 Six Inuit women on board whaling schooner Era, Hudson Bay, Canada Comer, George (Creator) East Haddam (Conn.) New London (Conn.) 1905 image/tiff http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5554 unknown Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport Source Note: Comer Collection 70002:5554 Accession number: 1963.1767.235 local: ms_m169422.tif http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5554 Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Photography Department, Mystic Seaport, Mystic. Inuit Whaling ships Schooners Ships Era (Schooner) StillImage photographs 1905 ftconnecticstlib 2019-06-14T11:22:38Z Six Inuit women pose in front of a sailcloth backdrop inside the deckhouse of the whaling schooner Era, probably at Cape Fullerton, Hudson Bay, March 1905. Two of the women wear parkas decorated with trade beads, and two of them wear skirts or dresses made from trade cloth. Infrastructure Lifestyle Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope identifies this as Photo # 15. 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, John O. Spicer, and George Comer. She was wrecked off Miquelon Island, July 27, 1906. 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 inuit Connecticut Digital Archive Arctic Bedford ENVELOPE(-67.150,-67.150,-66.467,-66.467) Canada Cape Fullerton ENVELOPE(-88.766,-88.766,63.967,63.967) 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) |
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Six Inuit women pose in front of a sailcloth backdrop inside the deckhouse of the whaling schooner Era, probably at Cape Fullerton, Hudson Bay, March 1905. Two of the women wear parkas decorated with trade beads, and two of them wear skirts or dresses made from trade cloth. Infrastructure Lifestyle Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope identifies this as Photo # 15. 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, John O. Spicer, and George Comer. She was wrecked off Miquelon Island, July 27, 1906. 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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Six Inuit women on board whaling schooner Era, Hudson Bay, Canada |
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Six Inuit women on board whaling schooner Era, Hudson Bay, Canada |
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Six Inuit women on board whaling schooner Era, Hudson Bay, Canada |
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Six Inuit women on board whaling schooner Era, Hudson Bay, Canada |
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Six Inuit women on board whaling schooner Era, Hudson Bay, Canada |
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six inuit women on board whaling schooner era, hudson bay, canada |
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Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport |
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1905 |
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http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5554 |
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East Haddam (Conn.) New London (Conn.) |
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ENVELOPE(-67.150,-67.150,-66.467,-66.467) ENVELOPE(-88.766,-88.766,63.967,63.967) 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) |
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Arctic Bedford Canada Cape Fullerton Hudson Hudson Bay Monroe New Bedford The Schooner |
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Arctic Bedford Canada Cape Fullerton Hudson Hudson Bay Monroe New Bedford The Schooner |
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Arctic Hudson Bay inuit |
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Arctic Hudson Bay inuit |
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Source Note: Comer Collection 70002:5554 Accession number: 1963.1767.235 local: ms_m169422.tif http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5554 |
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Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Photography Department, Mystic Seaport, Mystic. |
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