Eskimos displaying acrobatics aboard whaling schooner ERA, Canadian Arctic

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PHOTOGRAPHS
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Comer, George (Capt.)
Canada, Hudson Bay
Circa 1900
photograph 4 x 5 in.; mount 5-1/2 x 6 1/2 in.

Photograph from the collection of Captain George Comer (1858-1937) of East Haddam, Connecticut. Photo by Capt. Comer, taken in western Hudson Bay, probably onboard the whaling schooner ERA, ca. 1900. Depicts three Inuit engaged in game of strength on deck of schooner . Caption on reverse identifies this as "Natives playing their games ."


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1983.25.56

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