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Title	Inuit woman (Tookoolito/""Hannah"") in western clothing, New London.
Creator	Bishop, Giles.
Place	New London (Conn.) Groton (Conn.)
Topic	Inuit
Genre	Photographs Portrait photography
Theme	Lifestyle Livelihood
Description	Studio portrait of an Inuit woman in Western dress identified as Tookoolito. She is sitting in a chair.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger. Gelatin print mounted on card, 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. Tookolito and her husband Ebierbing had a long association with whalers and explorers, including Groton whaling master Sidney O. Budington and Arctic explorer Charles Francis Hall. Captain Budington, a native of Groton, commanded the bark George Henry of New London during one of Hall's expeditions in 1860-1862, and was master of the vessel Polaris for Hall's ill-fated last polar expedition in 1871. Both Tookoolito (sometimes called "Hannah" by the whalers) and Ebierbing were interpreters for Hall. They were brought to New London and Groton several times by Hall and Budington. Tookoolito and her three children are buried in Starr Cemetery, Groton. On reverse of card: "PHOTOGRAPHED BY/ Giles Bishop,/ 22 State Street,' NEW LONDON,/ Conn."
Date created	[ca. 1875]
Physical format	1 photograph : cabinet photograph ; 4 5/8 x 3 in.
Digital format	image/jpeg
Identifier	Accession number: 2002.99.2 File name: ms_m330746.jpg
Source	Mystic Seaport
Rights	Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Photography Department, Mystic Seaport, Mystic.
Sub-collection	Photographs

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