Trowel

Name/Title

Trowel

Entry/Object ID

2013.OB.0322

Description

Commemorative trowel with darkly stained wood handle and silver trowel with engraving "THIS TROWEL WAS USED BY HIS EMINENCE DENNIS CARDINAL DOUGHERTY IN LAYING THE CORNER STONE OF THE BUILDING FOR THE ST. JOSEPH'S COLLEGE FIFTY-FOURTH AND CITY LINE PHILADELPHIA PENNSYLVANIA NOVEMBER 13, 1927." The back contains a makers mark, Gorham Co. and 02333. Used in the 2001 Sesquicentennial display.

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Gorham Co.

Date made

Nov 13, 1927

Notes

Early Date: 1927

Material

Wood, Metal