Whaling crew with dog sled, west coast of Hudson Bay, Canada

Metadata

Handle

http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5542

Persons

Title

Whaling crew with dog sled, west coast of Hudson Bay, Canada

Supplied	yes

Origin Information

Date Created	1897 to 1905

Parent Item

Mystic Seaport Museum

Connecticut History Illustrated

Resource Type

Still image

Digital Origin

reformatted digital

Description

Crew members of a whaling schooner are hauling goods on a dog sled in an area on the west coast of Hudson Bay, Canada, ca. 1897-1905. The men are dressed in winter clothing.

Genre

photographs

Organizations

Creator (cre): American Museum of Natural History

Subject

Geographic Subject

Extent

Source extent: 1 photograph : lantern slide ; 3 1/4 x 4 in.

Held By

Mystic Seaport Museum

Use and Reproduction

Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Photography Department, Mystic Seaport, Mystic.

Note

Note Type	source note
Note	Comer Collection

Note Type	local
Note	theme: Infrastructure

Note Type	local
Note	theme: Livelihood

Note

Title supplied by cataloger. 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. Slide prepared by the American Museum of Natural History, New York, from an original photograph by Captain George Comer. Slide was used by Comer to illustrate lectures about his Arctic and seafaring experiences.

Local Identifier

Accession number: 1966.339.48

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Whaling crew with dog sled, west coast of Hudson Bay, Canada

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