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Browse the gallery below to see all the images, videos and audio recordings from the exhibition "François-Xavier Lachance: An Exceptional Craftsman and Builder of Wooden Boats on Île d'Orleans". Click on the various items to enlarge the pictures and read the descriptions, or to listen and see the audio and video recordings.
Digitization of a newspaper article entitled « Un hangar rempli de chaloupes et de yachts, rasé par le feu » (A shed filled with rowboats and yachts, shaven by fire). It is written that the fire was discovered around one o'clock in the night and was controlled around four o'clock. This is a loss of $ 9,000, in addition to the $ 1,500 damage to the nearby residence.
Black and white photograph showing the foundation of a building, an almost completely burned wall of wood and some burned planks on the ground. A stone residence, whose left wall and the roof of the house are blackened by fire, is partially visible to the right of the image.
Sepia photograph showing a cluster of burned planks in the foreground. A two-storey residence damaged by fire is visible behind the remains.
Color photograph where a white painted wooden yacht with mahogany cabin and aft is installed on blocks and boards at the exit of a hangar. The inscription Marie-Antoine, MONTREAL is at the back of the boat. F-X handles a hammer against the boards of the structure under the boat, helped by another man. Three adults and one child watch the scene from the side of the boat. A sailboat is partially visible in the background.
Color photograph where a wooden cruiser yacht painted in white, whose cabin is in mahogany, is installed on blocks and boards. The boat is shown in profile, with a church and a shed in the background. The inscription Marie-Antoine is at the front of the boat. Three men work on the structure under the boat. Three women discuss in the foreground. A man watches the scene.
Digitization of a newspaper article entitled « Un constructeur de navires de plaisance toujours à l’œuvre après plus de 40 ans » (A pleasure yacht builder still at work after more than 40 years). The article is signed by André Dionne, published under the theme Île d’Orléans, a refuge for craftsmen.
Color photograph of the model of a wooden sailboat, profile view. The boat is painted white, red and brown. The two white sails are hoisted.
Color photograph of a model of a wooden yacht, profile view. The boat is painted white, red, green and brown. The object is exposed on a small wooden base, on the top of a piece of furniture.
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