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Title	Inuit group with sled, Cape Fullerton or Repulse Bay, Hudson Bay, Canadian Arctic.
Creator	Comer, George.
Place	East Haddam (Conn.)
Topic	Inuit Sleds Whaling
Genre	Photographs
Theme	Infrastructure Lifestyle Livelihood
Description	A group of five Inuit stand behind a sled at Cape Fullerton, Hudson Bay, February 27,1901.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope identifies this as photo 161, # 62. The number 62 is etched into plate. Original caption describes group as: "A party of natives who have come 200 miles to trade. They have been one month coming, having left their families. They have remained with us 3 days and are now preparing to return. Their country is southwest of Chesterfield Inlet. I have taken plaster casts of their faces." Taken by Captain George Comer (1858-1937), 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. Comer participated in voyages involved in polar expeditions and was noted for his studies of Arctic peoples and their environment. Identified by Comer as "Native family starting on their return home, having come to the vessel to trade."
Date created	1901
Physical format	1 photograph ; 4 x 5 in.
Digital format	image/jpeg
Identifier	Accession number: 1963.1767.192 File name: ms_m169337.jpg
Source	Mystic Seaport
Collection	Comer Collection.
Rights	Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Photography Department, Mystic Seaport, Mystic.
Sub-collection	Photographs

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