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Harrison Ford's First Trade Wasn't Acting — It Was Woodworking

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Long before he became one of Hollywood's most recognizable leading men, Harrison Ford spent his days building furniture by hand. A newly resurfaced set of throwback photographs shows the actor standing alongside pieces of his own making, a craft he practiced before movie stardom ever entered the picture. The images capture something more grounded than the roles that later made him famous: a patient, hands-on maker shaping wood into something built to last. It's a quiet look at a star's life before the spotlight, told through the furniture he made himself.

With reporting from Architectural Digest.

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