M0019488: Trowel used by Joseph Lister when laying the foundation stone at Montreal Hospital, 2 September 1897

Previous title, replaced July 2022: Trowel used by Lister when laying foundation stone at Montreal Hospital, 1897

One of a number of photographs accumulated by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum as part of its exhibition held in 1927 to celebrate the centenary of Lister, in conjunction with The Royal Society, The British Universities Hospitals and Medical and Surgical Colleges.

August 1963

1 photograph sheet film negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds several files about the exhibition: WA/HMM/EX/A

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

This item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.