Audrey and Harry Hawthorn Library and Archives

[Preparing for shaping]

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Item
April 1987

Part of Ronnie Tessler fonds

Image is of Chip and Ron preparing materials for shaping as Norman kneels atop the canoe log, watching the process.

[Chip uses chainsaw to cut into side of log]

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Item
April 1987

Part of Ronnie Tessler fonds

Image is of Chip using a chainsaw to cut into the side of the (east) end of the canoe log as Norman watches from atop the log. Parts of museum exterior and Mortuary house are visible in image background.

[Norman uses chainsaw to cut into base of log]

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Item
April 1987

Part of Ronnie Tessler fonds

Image is of Norman standing on top of a table as he uses a chainsaw to cut into the (east) base of the canoe log. Isaac watches the process from behind.

[Isaac and Chip constructing wedges]

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Item
April 1987

Part of Ronnie Tessler fonds

Image is of Isaac and Chip constructing wedges to be inserted into base of the canoe log.

[First shaping]

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Item
April 1987

Part of Ronnie Tessler fonds

Image is of Norman using a chainsaw to cut into (east) end of the canoe log. Ron holding a maul while standing behind him on top of the log. Chip and Isaac watch the process from below.

[Ron holds maul while standing atop log]

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Item
April 1987

Part of Ronnie Tessler fonds

Image is of Ron standing on top of the canoe log while holding a maul. Image is partially obscured.

[Inserting wedges into base of log]

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Item
April 1987

Part of Ronnie Tessler fonds

Image is of Ron using a tool to insert wedges into (east) end of the canoe log. Norman stands behind him on top of the log, watching the process, as Chip and Isaac watch from the ground.

[First shaping]

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Item
April 1987

Part of Ronnie Tessler fonds

Image is of Chip, Ron, and Norman preparing to remove section cut from the east end of the canoe log.

[Removing cut section from log]

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Item
April 1987

Part of Ronnie Tessler fonds

Image is of Isaac, Chip, Ron, and Norman preparing to remove section cut from (east) end of the canoe log.

[Removing cut section from log]

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Item
April 1987

Part of Ronnie Tessler fonds

Image is of Isaac, Chip, Ron, and Norman preparing to remove section cut from (east) end of the canoe log.

[Removing cut section from log]

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Item
April 1987

Part of Ronnie Tessler fonds

Image is of Isaac, Ron, and Chip lowering section cut from east end of canoe log.

[First shaping]

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Item
April 1987

Part of Ronnie Tessler fonds

Image is of Norman inspecting canoe log following section removal.

[First shaping]

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Item
April 1987

Part of Ronnie Tessler fonds

Image is of Chip using a chainsaw to cut into the east end of the canoe log as Norman watches from atop the log.

[Preparing for removal of second cut section]

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Item
April 1987

Part of Ronnie Tessler fonds

Image is of Norman and Chip beginning to shape east end of the canoe log. Norman uses a chainsaw to cut into the south side of the log as Chip prepares to remove another section.

[Preparing for removal of second cut section]

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Item
April 1987

Part of Ronnie Tessler fonds

Image is of Norman sitting atop the canoe log, preparing to remove another section from the east end of the log, as Isaac and Chip stand below. Image has been taken from on top of the log. Two unidentified persons are visible in image background, watching the process.