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Image Reference Number:
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ESF17_02_02
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Title:
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Ercol employee operating a steam bending machine
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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 employee setting up a steam bending machine. The lengths of steamed timber are on the machine bed and the operator is turning the wheel which is starting to move the steamed parts up to the former. Other types of finished bent parts can be seen in the top left.
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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 , employees , furniture
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Technical Terms & Materials:
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bending , formers
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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 2 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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260
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Categories:
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People/
People at Work,
Furniture Manufacturing/
Processes/
Machining
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