52.15.25

Shovel

1976

Ceremonial Shovel for Groundbreaking. Material: metal, wood. Size: 11" x 48 1/2". Description: metal shovel attached to wooden mount; the socket for the handle grip and the collar for the scoop and the scoop are painted gold; wooden handle and wooden handle grip; gold plaque on wooden mount: "Ceremonial shovel used for second expansion groundbreaking at Clear Lake Division on June 11, 1976."

Waseca business: E.F. Johnson Co.; E.F. Johnson Company; E.F. Johnson Corporate Headquarters; E.F. Johnson Company Corporate Headquarters; E.F. Johnson Co. Corporate Headquarters; E. F. Johnson Co.; E. F. Johnson Company; E. F. Johnson Corporate Headquarters; E. F. Johnson Company Corporate Headquarters; E. F. Johnson Co. Corporate Headquarters. The Waseca E.F. Johnson Company museum closed the summer of 2015. John S. Oblak was the E.F. Johnson Company museum curator and donated items to the WCHS collection.