We are well underway with our archival rehousing efforts, and I enjoy coming across some entertaining items. Here is an identification card for Theodore P. McGann, providing an interesting method of identifying him: a small scar on his finger!

I also see some information and dates I need some help figuring out. The card states that it is for the construction period only, but McGann’s date of birth is 1920, meaning he was born after the Canal opened. Do you think it’s a typo? What are your thoughts?