Inuit boy (Tom Luce) on board whaling schooner Era, Hudson Bay, Canadian Arctic, 1897-1905

glass negative

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

Glass plate negative by Capt. George Comer, taken in Hudson Bay, 1897-1905. Depicts an Inuit boy known as Tom Luce. Photo taken onboard the whaling schooner ERA. This boy was named after the owner of the ERA. Information from original envelope identifies this as Photo 155, #106. Number 106 is etched into emulsion on lower part of plate. Contact photograph is reversed.


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1963.1767.185

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