Whalers removing baleen from beached whale, west coast of Hudson Bay, Canada
View of the crew of a whaling schooner, either the Era or A.T. Gifford, removing baleen from a beached bowhead whale, west coast of Hudson Bay, Canada. Livelihood Title supplied by cataloger. The schooner Era was built in 1847 at Boston, Massachusetts. She was a New London whaling vessel until her l...
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ftconnecticstlib:oai:oai:collections.ctdigitalarchive.org:70002_5562 2023-05-15T14:52:27+02:00 Whalers removing baleen from beached whale, west coast of Hudson Bay, Canada Comer, George (Creator) Lockwood, F.C. (Creator) East Haddam (Conn.) 1897 - 1912 image/tiff http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5562 unknown Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport Source Note: Comer Collection 70002:5562 Accession number: 1966.339.52 local: ms_m181407.tif http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5562 Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Photography Department, Mystic Seaport, Mystic. Whaling Whales Whalers (Persons) Era (Schooner) A.T. Gifford (Schooner) StillImage photographs 1897 ftconnecticstlib 2019-06-14T11:18:29Z View of the crew of a whaling schooner, either the Era or A.T. Gifford, removing baleen from a beached bowhead whale, west coast of Hudson Bay, Canada. Livelihood Title supplied by cataloger. 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. The schooner A.T. Gifford was built in 1883 at Essex, Massachusetts. George Comer was her master during one of his Arctic voyages in which he mapped areas in the Hudson Bay area. 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 also participated in voyages involved in polar expeditions and was noted for his studies of Arctic peoples and their environment. Slide prepared by F.C. Lockwood of Brooklyn, New York, from an original photograph by Captain George Comer. Slide was used by Comer to illustrate lectures about his Arctic and seafaring experiences. Still Image Arctic bowhead whale Hudson Bay Connecticut Digital Archive Arctic Bedford ENVELOPE(-67.150,-67.150,-66.467,-66.467) Brooklyn ENVELOPE(-62.083,-62.083,-64.650,-64.650) Canada Hudson Hudson Bay Lockwood ENVELOPE(167.400,167.400,-84.150,-84.150) 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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Whaling Whales Whalers (Persons) Era (Schooner) A.T. Gifford (Schooner) Comer, George (Creator) Lockwood, F.C. (Creator) Whalers removing baleen from beached whale, west coast of Hudson Bay, Canada |
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View of the crew of a whaling schooner, either the Era or A.T. Gifford, removing baleen from a beached bowhead whale, west coast of Hudson Bay, Canada. Livelihood Title supplied by cataloger. 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. The schooner A.T. Gifford was built in 1883 at Essex, Massachusetts. George Comer was her master during one of his Arctic voyages in which he mapped areas in the Hudson Bay area. 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 also participated in voyages involved in polar expeditions and was noted for his studies of Arctic peoples and their environment. Slide prepared by F.C. Lockwood of Brooklyn, New York, from an original photograph by Captain George Comer. Slide was used by Comer to illustrate lectures about his Arctic and seafaring experiences. |
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Comer, George (Creator) Lockwood, F.C. (Creator) |
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Comer, George (Creator) Lockwood, F.C. (Creator) |
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Comer, George (Creator) |
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Whalers removing baleen from beached whale, west coast of Hudson Bay, Canada |
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Whalers removing baleen from beached whale, west coast of Hudson Bay, Canada |
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Whalers removing baleen from beached whale, west coast of Hudson Bay, Canada |
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Whalers removing baleen from beached whale, west coast of Hudson Bay, Canada |
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Whalers removing baleen from beached whale, west coast of Hudson Bay, Canada |
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whalers removing baleen from beached whale, west coast of hudson bay, canada |
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Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport |
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1897 |
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http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5562 |
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East Haddam (Conn.) |
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ENVELOPE(-67.150,-67.150,-66.467,-66.467) ENVELOPE(-62.083,-62.083,-64.650,-64.650) ENVELOPE(167.400,167.400,-84.150,-84.150) 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 Brooklyn Canada Hudson Hudson Bay Lockwood Monroe New Bedford The Schooner |
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Arctic Bedford Brooklyn Canada Hudson Hudson Bay Lockwood Monroe New Bedford The Schooner |
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Arctic bowhead whale Hudson Bay |
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Arctic bowhead whale Hudson Bay |
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Source Note: Comer Collection 70002:5562 Accession number: 1966.339.52 local: ms_m181407.tif http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5562 |
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Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Photography Department, Mystic Seaport, Mystic. |
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