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Title: Whale head alongside whaling schooner Era, Hudson Bay, Canada, 1897-1905 Accession Number: 1963.1767.210 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, ca. 1897-1905. Depicts portion of head of a bowhead whale, with baleen clearly visible. Photo taken onboard the whaling schooner ERA. Information from original envelope identifies this as Photo # 202. Number 6 is etched into emulsion on lower part of plate. Lantern slide 1966.339.47 was produced from this negative.

Mystic Seaport Image ID m169366    Information regarding reproductions