Captain George Comer of East Haddam

Image
Metadata
Handle
Handle
http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:2560
Persons
Persons
Creator (cre): Bishop, Isaac C.
Title
Title
Title
Captain George Comer of East Haddam
Supplied
yes
Origin Information
Origin Information
Date Created
1925 (year approximate)
Parent Item
Parent Item
Mystic Seaport Museum
Connecticut History Illustrated
Resource Type
Resource Type
Still image
Digital Origin
Digital Origin
reformatted digital
Description
Description
Bust-length portrait of a man identified as Captain George Comer. He has a white mustache and wears a nautical cap with visor, patterned necktie, button-down shirt, jacket and vest.
Genre
Genre
photographs
portrait photography
Subject
Subject
Whaling masters
Whalers (Persons)
Sealers (Persons)
Comer, George
Geographic Subject
Geographic Subject
East Haddam (Conn.)
Extent
Extent
Source extent: 1 photograph ; 10 1/4 x 8 1/4 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: Lifestyle
Note Type
local
Note
theme: Livelihood
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. Identified as taken by Isaac C. Bishop of New London, probably in the mid 1920's.
Local Identifier
Local Identifier
Accession number: 1939.1306
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