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Title: Whale head being hoisted over side of whaling schooner Era, Hudson Bay, Canada, 1897-1905 Accession Number: 1963.1767.114 Category: PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES Type: glass negative Maker: Comer, George (Capt.) Place: Canada, Hudson Bay Date: 1897-1905 Materials: glass Description: Glass negative by Capt. George Comer, taken in Hudson Bay, 1897-1905. Depicts portion of head of a bowhead whale, with baleen clearly visible. Described by Comer as "whale head being hoisted over side of vessel." Photo taken onboard the whaling schooner ERA. Information from original envelope identifies this as Photo # 118. Number 7 is etched into emulsion on lower part of plate. Identical to 1983.25.53.

Mystic Seaport Image ID m169199    Information regarding reproductions