- Date
- 1992-09
- Kind
- Announcement
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- maritimeartseconomycommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The September 1992 Beacon profiled Bill Freese, a Beaver Island boat-shop craftsperson who built canoes and other wooden goods from local hardwoods.
Evidence limits
This is a newspaper profile, not a business register, production ledger, or independent craft catalogue.
Sources
- Profiles Bill Freese’s Beaver Island canoe and boatbuilding work, local hardwood construction, marine-fiberglass finishing, wooden buckets and furniture, and his seven years living on the island. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1992-09_Beaver-Beacon
- The held twelve-page issue scan confirms the Boat Shop profile.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1992-09_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Beacon profiles canoe builder Bill Freese, 1992”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/bill-freese-beaver-island-boat-shop-profile-1992/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Beacon, September 1992, “INTERESTING ISLANDERS: BILL FREESE OF THE BOAT SHOP.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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