On April 2, 2021, I was lucky enough to be invited by the Center for Art in Wood to present as part of their ‘Object Lesson’ series. Each speaker in this series selects a piece from the Center’s collection and brings their perspective to it. I chose to use Skip Johnson’s piece “The Itinerant Turner’s Toolbox” as a framework to examine the history of woodworking (especially furniture making) in the neighborhood surrounding Elfreth’s Alley. This presentation is sort of the starting point of the research which will become an episode in the second season of The Alley Cast, so stay tuned for that in a few months time.