Inuit man (Ippaktuq Tasseok) signalling, Repulse Bay, Hudson Bay, Canadian Arctic, January 13, 1902

glass negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
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Comer, George (Capt.)
Canada, Hudson Bay; Canada, Nunavut, Repulse Bay
1900-01-13
glass
4 x 5 in.

Glass negative by Capt. George Comer, taken at Repulse Bay, Hudson Bay, January 13, 1902. Depicts "Harry" [Ippaktuq Tasseok]. Comer describes this as "showing way of a native signaling others to come...temperature 36 below." Harry was the leader of a group of Inuit known as the Aivilik or Aivilingmiut. Information from original envelope identifies this as Photo 70, #85. Number 85 is etched into emulsion on lower part of plate.

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1963.1767.97