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Image Reference Number:
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ESF17_01_24
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Title:
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Ercol conversion area
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Photographer:
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unknown
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Date:
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1976
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Decade:
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1970-1979
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Manufacturer:
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Ercol Furniture Ltd.
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Description:
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Ercol employees converting the waney edged boards. The man in the central position is operating a machine which is moving the selected boards from the stack on the right onto the rollers, which then feed the cross cut saw on the left of the image. The man on the left is cutting the boards to length on the cross-cut saw.
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Notes:
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This image is an outtake from Ercol's 'Craft Around the World' slide presentation from 1976. Date is from the presentation's slide carousel box.
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Concepts:
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manufacturing , factories , furniture , timber
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Technical Terms & Materials:
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sawing , crosscut saws
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Copyright:
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contact HWeFA for details about re-use of this image
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Collection Title:
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HWeFA
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Object Type:
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transparency
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Object Dimensions (cm.):
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3.6 x 2.4
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Colour Type:
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colour
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Context:
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In Bag 1 of Ercol Craft World folders
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Cataloguer:
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Sharon Grover
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Auto ID Number:
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255
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Categories:
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Factories/
Interiors,
Furniture Manufacturing/
Processes/
Conversion/Drying
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