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Title: Inuit men, women and children on board whaling schooner ERA, Hudson Bay, Canada, 1897-1912 Accession Number: 1963.1767.16 Category: PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES Type: glass negative Maker: Comer, George (Capt.) Place: Canada, Hudson Bay Date: Materials: glass Description: Glass negative by Capt. George Comer, taken in Hudson Bay, ca. 1897-1905. Depicts a group of Inuit, including many children, posing inside the deck house on whaling schooner ERA . Note tin cups in the foreground. Comer often provided food to the Inuit in the winter during times of shortages. |
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