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A silver trowel with a bone handle.
Toronto Public Library trowel
A silver trowel with a bone handle.

Toronto Public Library trowel

DateApproximatlery 1906
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This trowel was used at the ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the Public Library at Toronto, Ontario on the 27th November 1906 by the Honorable William Glenholme Falconbridge, Chief Justice of the Kings Bench and Chairman of the Board of Management.
Country:Canada
City, town or township:Toronto
Province or state:Ontario
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  • 1 silver trowel with a bone handle
Language
CollectionToronto Public Library Archives
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Call Number / Accession NumberTPL-A-0432
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The chairman and members of the Toronto Public Library board request the pleasure of your company at the laying of the corner stone of the Public Reference Library building
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Sunnybrook Hospital Library, planned, supplied and administered by Toronto Public Library
1948
Men sit reading in a library. 
Sunnybrook Hospital Library, planned, supplied and administered by Toronto Public Library
1948
Men sit reading or standing in a library and two librarians sit at desks. 
Sunnybrook Hospital Library, planned, supplied and administered by Toronto Public Library
1948
A group of men sit in chairs reading in a library. 
Sunnybrook Hospital Library, planned, supplied and administered by Toronto Public Library
1948
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1964
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1964