- category
- shoptools
- family_branch
- Cardinal_Gilbert
- provenance
- property of Gilbert Cardinal by 1920, then workshop of Alton Cardinal, then workshop of Peter Cardinal
- notebook_reference
-
OldThings.html#shop_tools_1
Shop Tools
These tools belonged to my father prior to 1920. Some of them came from my grandfather who died in 1913.
- anvil
- Cold chisels, punch
- Rachet brace
- Ships auger bit
- Small claw hammer
- Carpenter's square (2′)
- Two hand saws (cross cut)
- Oil stone
- Block plane
- Carpenter level (wooden)
- Carpenter chisel (⅜″)
- disposition
- stayed with Reed Street house 2022
- category
- fieldtools
- family_branch
- Cardinal_Alton
- Provenance
- unknown origin, tools of Alton Cardinal, then tools of Peter Cardinal
- maker_mark
- C[I ...] OSHKOSH
- disposition
- currently owned as of January 2014
- 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
- unknown
- note
- used with toy barn and combine
- disposition
- given to Carol Anne Grady, discarded due ot sharp edges after being broken
- category
- household
- family_branch
- Ferslev
- provenance
- wedding gift to Clara and Niels Ferslev 1905, later household of Helen Ferslev, then household of Carol Anne Grady
- note
- written by Helen Lu Ferslev when given to Carol Anne; "This was a wedding present to your grandmother", "1905", "Clara Anne Jeffcott Ferslev"
- disposition
- owned by Carol Anne Grady as of January 2014
- category
- art
- family_branch
- Cardinal_Alton
- provenance
- made by Alton Cardinal for Beatrice Cardinal, date unknown
- note
- displayed with wooden plums and wooden fruit bowl
- disposition
- given to Carol Anne Grady 2005
- category
- art
- family_branch
- Cardinal_Alton
- provenance
- made by Alton Cardinal for Peter Cardinal in 1978
- note
- engraved with Christian symbols (cross, triangle, dove, and fish)
- maker_mark
- "ALC", "'78"
- condition
- excellent
- disposition
- currently owned as of January 2014
- category
- art
- family_branch
- Cardinal_Alton
- provenance
- made by Alton Cardinal in 1995, household of Alton and Beatrice Cardinal, then household of Peter Cardinal
- maker_mark
- "Birch + Cherry", "ALC", "1995"
- condition
- excellent
- disposition
- currently owned as of June 2014
- category
- household
- family_branch
- Cardinal_Gilbert
- notebook_reference
-
OldThings.html#billfold
Billfold and $1 Bill
Owned by Gilbert H. Cardinal. [Large size bill; 1923 silver certificate.]
- disposition
- unknown
- category
- household
- family_branch
- Cardinal_Gilbert
- provenance
- used by Gilbert Cardinal during Spanish American War
- note
- Gilbert saw little action, military or otherwise
- notebook_reference
-
OldThings.html#diary
Diary
Gilbert H. Cardinal
Mostly during War with Spain (1898). He served in Porto Rica [sic].)
- disposition
- sold 2005 $8
- category
- household
- family_branch
- Cardinal_Gilbert
- provenance
- unknown, believed to have been from household of Lillie and Gilbert Cardinal, then household of Alton Cardinal, then household of Peter Cardinal
- note
- used as a gardening/potting fork
- condition
- very good, rusting, one tine lost small part at tip
- disposition
- owned as of July 2016
- category
- fieldtools
- family_branch
- Cardinal_Gilbert
- provenance
- tools of Gilbert Cardinal prior to 1920, then tools of Alton Cardinal
- note
- axe was said to have been used to break ice on the spring in Oneida
- 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
- stolen winter 1992 from cabin at woods