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Wooden bookends
(no photo)
category
household
family_branch
Cardinal_Alton_Beatrice
provenance
built by Alton Cardinal 1928-1929
notebook_reference
OldThings.html#bookend

Book Ends

Wooden book ends, also made by me as a manual training class project at about the same time, are made of gumwood stained and varnished. The design represents my initials – A.L.C.

disposition
unknown
note
stylized "ALC" initials inlaid on each piece
Cup and saucer
(no photo)
category
household
family_branch
Ferslev
provenance
unknown
notebook_reference
OldThings.html#cup_saucer

Cup and Saucer

Bought and given to his mother by Niels L. Ferslev in Denmark before 1890. [Schliesvig-Holstien]

disposition
unknown
Cream and sugar set
20140126_4748
category
household
family_branch
Ferslev
provenance
unknown, thought to have been in household of Lucy Doty Jeffcott, then household of Clara Jeffcott Ferslev, later household of Carol Anne Grady
note
scene of renaissance gentlemen on one side each
maker_mark
"Royal Bayreuth", knight's helmet between pair of crowned lions with shields "P" and "T", scroll "PRIV. 1794", "BAVARIA"
condition
excellent
disposition
owned by Carol Anne Grady as of January 2014
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Carved wooden pear
20140125_4723
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
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Carved wooden rocking Joseph and Mary
20140125_4734
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
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Match box
(no photo)
category
household
family_branch
Cardinal_Gilbert
provenance
origin unknown, household of Gilbert and Lillie Cardinal in 1920s, then remained in house after their deaths, then household of Alton Cardinal
notebook_reference
OldThings.html#matchbox

Match Box

This match box was used by my parents for many years. I don't know its origin, but I remember it in the basement at 132 South Oneida Street, Green Bay, Wisconsin, from the mid-1920's. It was mounted near the furnace and remained there when the house was sold to Carl and Marian Sippel in 1950 or 1951. They continued to use the box for matches in the basement until 1982. They gave it to me for Christmas 1982. It continues in use for matches beside our Franklin stove.

The box is wall-mounted of cast iron, and is of self-closing design. It measures about 3¾″ × 2¼ × 1″ – just right for a handful of wooden kitchen matches. These words are cast on the lid: Self Closing – for matches &c. – Patented Dec. 20, 1864 – D.N & Co. – New Haven. The bottom is made rough as a place to scratch the matches. The remainder is coated with black enamel.

In 1983, I removed the original enamel and recoated it with new black enamel.

disposition
sold with house at 412 North Locust Street, Green Bay, Wisconsin
Slide rule with case
20190102_0963
category
officetools
family_branch
Cardinal_Alton
provenence
purchased by Alton Cardinal possibly around 1933, household of Alton Cardinal, then household of Peter Cardinal
note
marked "Alton Cardinal Green Bay, Wis." in calligraphy on case
maker_mark
"K&ECO" on case, "Keuffel & Esser Co." "N.Y." "Pat. 1,875,927" "Made in U.S.A." and "<40970>"
condition
good
disposition
currently owned as of January 2018
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Buck saw
(no photo)
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
Push drill
20140109_0013
category
shoptools
family_branch
Cardinal_Alton
provenance
acquired by Alton Cardinal between 1927 and 1931, later workshop of Peter Cardinal
note
tradename "Mr. Punch", note storage of bits in handle
condition
excellent except one bit is broken
notebook_reference
OldThings.html#shop_tools_2

Shop Tools

Acquired by me during high school years (1927-31) or before.

  • Work bench (made for me by my father)
  • Vise
  • Claw hammer (marked Alty on handle)
  • Push drill (Mr. Punch)
  • Auger bits for brace (6/16″, 8/16″, 10/16″)
  • Countersink bit
  • Twist bit (¼)
  • Brace
  • Marking guage
  • Try square
  • Large screw driver (square shank, wood handle) (bought for me by my Uncle Sam Cardinal)
  • Screw driver set (3 in 1)
  • Wooden handle containing may tools
  • Jack plane
  • Carpenter chisels (½″ ¾″)
  • Spoke shave
  • Hand cranked grinder
condition
excellent
disposition
currently owned as of January 2014
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Hack saw
20190102_0976
category
shoptools
family_branch
Cardinal_Alton
provenance
unknown; property of Alton Cardinal, then shop of Peter Cardinal
note
marked "Alty"
disposition
currently owned as of January 2014
20190102_0977

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