Souvenir trowel from 'topping off ceremony' at the Regent Theatre Restoration

Description

A 280mm long engraved stainless steel trowel with wooden handle. The trowel was used for the topping off ceremony to mark the completion of the major building structures in the restoration of the Regent Theatre on Broadway Avenue in Palmerston North. The engraving on the trowel reads 'REGENT THEATRE TOPPING OFF CEREMONY 14 NOVEMBER 1997 WITH COMPLIMENTS McMILLAN & LOCKWOOD P.N. LTD.'.

Identification

Object type

Object

Date

November 14, 1997

Digitisation id

2008O_PNCC35_Obj_1887

Held in

PNCC Archives