- category
- household
- family_branch
- Cardinal_Alton_Beatrice
- provenance
- built by Alton Cardinal in shop class at West High School during January and February of 1928, household of Alton and Beatrice Cardinal, household of Peter Cardinal
- note
- provenance described in journal, during 1980s and 1990s maker used these shelves in his basement woodshop
- condition
- structure good with minor warping, finish fair to poor
- disposition
- stayed with Reed Street house 2022
- category
- household
- family_branch
- Cardinal_Alton_Beatrice
- provenance
- wedding gift to Alton and Beatrice Cardinal 1946
- condition
- excellent
- disposition
- given to Carol Anne Grady 2005
- category
- household
- family_branch
- Cardinal_Alton_Beatrice
- provenance
- unknown
- note
- cooking time established by depth of water using marks on central tube, whistle at top signals when water at full boil
- condition
- excellent
- disposition
- currently owned as of April 2015
- category
- household
- family_branch
- Cardinal_Alton_Beatrice
- provenence
- household of Alton and Beatrice Cardinal, early to middle 1960s
- note
- gifts of Un Hi Lee and family
- note
- includes miniature black laquer chest, dolls, picture displayed with other foreign gift items
- disposition
- sold 2005
- category
- household
- family_branch
- Cardinal_Alton_Beatrice
- provenence
- household of Alton Cardinal (probably middle 1930s), then Alton and Beatrice Cardinal, then Peter Cardinal (1963)
- note
- uses size 610 roll film
- disposition
- sold 2005
- category
- household
- family_branch
- Ferslev
- provenance
- household of Niels Ferslev
- notebook_reference
-
OldThings.html#shaving_mug
Silver Shaving Mug
Niels L. Ferslev
Mug contained bar soap: add water, work up lather with shaving brush. When finished, dump water, leaving soap.
- disposition
- unknown
- category
- art
- family_branch
- Cardinal_Alton
- provenance
- made by Alton Cardinal for Beatrice Cardinal in 1994
- maker_mark
- autograph notations by artist "Birch", "ALC", "1994"
- disposition
- given to Carol Anne Grady 2005
- category
- household
- family_branch
- Cardinal_Gilbert
- provenance
- household of Lillie Roy Strahl Whipple, then household of Gilbert and Lillie Cardinal, then household of Alton and Beatrice Cardinal, then household of Peter Cardinal
- notebook_reference
-
OldThings.html#rocker
Rocking Chair
The bent-wood arm rocker belonged to my grandmother, Lillie Roy Strahl Whipple (1860-1921), and it was used by her until her death in 1921. Then it became the property of my mother, Lillie Strahl Cardinal (1877-1948), until her death in 1948. It was constantly used all those years. After Mother's death, the chair remained in our attic until I completed refinishing in 1982.
I removed all of the old finish and refinished with Formby's tung oil finish rubbed into the natural wood. I replaced the seat with new leather tooled by my sister-in-law, Helen Lu Ferslev, in a pattern similar to the original. New tacks were used. Other than minor joint tightening, no restoration was needed.
- note
- seat replaced again
- disposition
- currently owned as of January 2014
- category
- fieldtools
- family_branch
- Cardinal_Gilbert
- provenance
- tools of Gilbert Cardinal prior to 1920, then tools of Alton Cardinal
- notebook_reference
-
OldThings.html#field_tools
Field Tools
These tools belonged to my father, Gilbert Cardinal, prior to 1920. Most of them were probably in 1917 when we moved onto a farm at Oneida, Wisconsin.
- Double-bitted axe (handle replaced about 1965)
- Scythe
- Wooden hand hay rake (I turned replacement teeth in 1985)
- Garden spade
- Two three-tined pitch forks
- Corn knife
- Post hole digger
- Buck saw
- Lantern
- Short-handled square shovel (this was discarded by C&NW Ry in 1920's)
- disposition
- unknown, may have been stolen winter 1992 from cabin at woods