Ice tongs used by the Johnston Ice House Company to remove blocks of ice from Clear Lake, Waseca. Owner, Jerome (Jerry) C. Johnston was a great uncle to donor. After the ice business declined, Jerome went into the real estate business. Jerome gave the ice tongs to his brother-inlaw, Alfred G. Wetzstein who passed them on to his grandson, David Wetzstein. (Jerome (Jerry) C. Johnston brother in-law to Alfred G. Wetzstein (sister Esther was Mrs. J. Johnston).
