Museum object · trenching machines
Entrenching tool
1914-1918
African American history · place not specified
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A short handled shovel entrenching tool. It has a T-shaped metal handle attached to a wooden column. The rounded metal blade is covered in dirt and has areas of paint loss.
- Catalog date
- 1914-1918
- Recorded subjects
- African American; Military; World War I
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20
Catalog reference: 2017.111.3
Collection: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection