Julia Chipman Comer in front of the Comer house, East Haddam

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Metadata
Handle
Handle
http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:1284
Title
Title
Title
Julia Chipman Comer in front of the Comer house, East Haddam
Supplied
yes
Origin Information
Origin Information
Date Created
1910 (year uncertain) to 1919 (year uncertain)
Parent Item
Parent Item
Mystic Seaport Museum
Connecticut History Illustrated
Resource Type
Resource Type
Still image
Digital Origin
Digital Origin
reformatted digital
Description
Description
A woman identified as Julia Chipman Comer, wife of Captain George Comer, stands in front of the Comer house in East Haddam. She wears a hat and a coat, possibly made of fur. Porch steps and a doorway can be seen to the left. In the right background, what appears to be an outbuilding is visible.
Genre
Genre
photographs
Subject
Subject
Whaling masters
Whalers (Persons)
Sealers (Persons)
Dwellings
Comer, George
Geographic Subject
Geographic Subject
Mount Parnassus Road (East Haddam, Conn.)
Extent
Extent
Source extent: 1 photograph ; 4 3/4 x 3 13/16 in.
Held By
Held By
Mystic Seaport Museum
Use and Reproduction
Use and Reproduction
Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image are available from Mystic Seaport.
Note
Note
Note Type
local
Note
theme: Infrastructure
Note Type
local
Note
theme: Lifestyle
Note
Title supplied by cataloger. Captain George Comer (1858-1937) was 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, and participated in voyages involved in polar expeditions. Comer was noted for his studies of Arctic peoples and their environment. He and Julia Chipman married in 1878. Mount dimensions: 6 7/8 x 5 7/8 in.
Local Identifier
Local Identifier
Accession number: 1983.25.16
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