Captain George Comer in front of the Comer house, Mount Parnassus Road, East Haddam

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Handle

http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:2590

Title

Captain George Comer in front of the Comer house, Mount Parnassus Road, East Haddam

Supplied	yes

Origin Information

Date Created	1933 (year approximate)

Parent Item

Mystic Seaport Museum

Connecticut History Illustrated

Resource Type

Still image

Digital Origin

reformatted digital

Description

A man identified as Captain George Comer stands in front of the Comer house on Mount Parnassus Road, East Haddam. The porch is visible behind him. Hanging in front of the scrollwork at the top of the porch pillars are running lights. Mrs. Comer's head is partially visible above the porch railing on the left.

Genre

Subject

Geographic Subject

Mount Parnassus Road (East Haddam, Conn.)

Extent

Source extent: 1 photograph ; 7 x 5 in.

Held By

Mystic Seaport Museum

Use and Reproduction

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. Running lights on porch are said to be from the whaling schooner Era.

Local Identifier

Accession number: 1939.1306.A

IMG0050-4772.tif

Captain George Comer in front of the Comer house, Mount Parnassus Road, East Haddam

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