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English: A spade in a museum display that was used by May Wright Sewall to ceremonially break ground for a John Herron Art Institute building on September 23, 1905 at 4pm. The museum description states it was created by an unknown manufacturer from wood and nickel-plated steel. The spade used was gifted by the contractor who constructed the museum, preserved, and kept in "the treasure room of the Museum".
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Camera location39° 49′ 32.87″ N, 86° 11′ 07.67″ W  Heading=345.06558237146° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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A spade with a blue ribbon used for a ceremonial ground-breaking

39°49'32.869"N, 86°11'7.670"W

heading: 345.06558237145856 degree

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