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LOCATION:101 Adams Avenue\nLewes Delaware 19958
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SUMMARY:Night at the Museum: Historic Lewes Speaker Series – Woodworking 
 in the 18th and early 19th centuries
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DESCRIPTION:WOODWORKING IN THE 18TH AND EARLY 19TH CENTURIES\n\nCome learn 
 about the many specialties that made up the woodworking\ntrades in the day
 s before power tools.  How did a person get involved\nand how did he lear
 n the art and mysteries of the woodworking trade?\nWhat was life like for 
 an apprentice\, journeyman or master Woodworker?\n What tools were common
 ly used? How were those tools obtained and how\nwere they prepared for wor
 k.  Where did the lumber come from and how\nwas it prepared before it was
  transformed into the end product. You\nwill also have the opportunity see
  and handle some examples of actual\nand reproduction hand tools from this
  early period.\n\nABOUT YOUR SPEAKER\, JIM BERTHOLET \n\nJim Bertholet is
  a Vietnam veteran who retired here in southern\nDelaware in 2010 after a 
 40-year career in sales and sales management.\nHe grew up on the Jersey sh
 ore where he developed a lifelong interest\nin early US history\, particul
 arly maritime history and the US Life\nSaving Service.  After serving in 
 the Army\, he became interested in\nwoodworking specializing in early Amer
 ican furniture and has been\nbuilding pieces ever since.  Soon after movi
 ng to Delaware\, he became\na member of the Lewes Historical Society where
  he has volunteered as a\nmuseum docent at the US lifesaving station\, mar
 itime tour guide\,\nchildren’s tour guide\, guest speaker and member of 
 the wooden boat\ncrew.\n
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><strong>Woodworking in the 18th and early 1
 9th centuries</strong></p>\n\n<p>Come learn about the many specialties tha
 t made up the woodworking trades in the days before power tools.&nbsp\; Ho
 w did a person get involved and how did he learn the art and mysteries of 
 the woodworking trade? What was life like for an apprentice\, journeyman o
 r master Woodworker? &nbsp\;What tools were commonly used? How were those 
 tools obtained and how were they prepared for work. &nbsp\;Where did the l
 umber come from and how was it prepared before it was transformed into the
  end product. You will also have the opportunity see and handle some examp
 les of actual and reproduction hand tools from this early period.</p>\n\n<
 p><strong>About Your Speaker\, Jim Bertholet&nbsp\;</strong></p>\n\n<p>Jim
  Bertholet is a Vietnam veteran who retired here in southern Delaware in 2
 010 after a 40-year career in sales and sales management. He grew up on th
 e Jersey shore where he developed a lifelong interest in early US history\
 , particularly maritime history and the US Life Saving Service. &nbsp\;Aft
 er serving in the Army\, he became interested in woodworking specializing 
 in early American furniture and has been building pieces ever since.&nbsp\
 ; Soon after moving to Delaware\, he became a member of the Lewes Historic
 al Society where he has volunteered as a museum docent at the US lifesavin
 g station\, maritime tour guide\, children&rsquo\;s tour guide\, guest spe
 aker and member of the wooden boat crew.</p>
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