Inuit boy looking through marine glasses on whaling schooner Era, Hudson Bay, Canadian Arctic, 1897-1905

glass negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
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Comer, George (Capt.)
Canada, Hudson Bay
1897-1905
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4 x 5 in.

Glass negative by Capt. George Comer, taken in Hudson Bay, ca. 1897-1905. Depicts young Inuit boy with marine glasses on deck of whaling schooner ERA. Comer identifies the boy as "Pum e u lars...4 years old, part white." This boy is more accurately known as Pameolik. Information from original envelope identifies this as Photo 122.

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1963.1767.118