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Captain George Comer in front of the Comer house, Mount Parnassus Road, East Haddam.
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Captain George Comer in front of the Comer house, Mount Parnassus Road, East Haddam.
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Title
Captain
George
Comer
in
front
of the
Comer
house
,
Mount
Parnassus
Road
,
East
Haddam
.
Place
Mount Parnassus Road (East Haddam, Conn.)
Topic
Whaling masters
Whalers (Persons)
Sealers (Persons)
Dwellings
Topic-Person
Comer, George
Comer family
Theme
Infrastructure
Lifestyle
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
.
Notes
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
.
Date created
[ca
.
1933]
Physical format
1
photograph
;
7
x
5
in.
Digital format
image/jpeg
Identifier
Accession
number
:
1939.1306.A
File
name
:
IMG0050-4772.PCD
Source
Mystic
Seaport
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