- category
- shoptools
- family_branch
- Cardinal_Gilbert
- provenance
- some property of Gilbert Cardinal by 1920, some acquired from shop of Seeley Primley middle 1960s, some unknown
- note
- it is no longer clear which tools have which provenance
- notebook_reference
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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
- fieldtools
- family_branch
- Cardinal_Alton
- provenance
- origin unknown, workshop of Alton Cardinal, then workshop of Peter Cardinal
- note
- handle marked "A. L. Cardinal, owner"
- note
- other side of handle was marked "Scotty" by a friend
- maker_mark
- ECLIPSE
- disposition
- currently owned as of January 2014
- category
- household
- family_branch
- Cardinal_Alton_Beatrice
- provenance
- found in house in Indian Prairie, Washington, in 1915, then in possession of Alton Cardinal and household of Alton and Beatrice Cardinal until 2007
- notebook_reference
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OldThings.html#threadbox
Thread Box
This is the sort of box commonly used in stores which sold spools of thread during the nineteenth century.
This particular box was left by former owners in a ranch house (the Taft house) we moved into when I was about two years old (1915). It was used by me to keep small toys. The ranch was located at Indian Prairie, near Spokane, Washington.
A penciled note on the back of the lower drawer reads:
Save this box for Mrs. Taft if empty any time in 11/17/1891.
I removed the old finish, made a new front for the lower drawer of red oak, turned and painted wooden knobs for the lower drawer to match the original black Bakelite knobs on the upper drawer, and applied clear finish.
The box has been used by my wife, Bea, as a jewelry box.
- disposition
- given to Carol Anne Grady 2007
- category
- household
- family_branch
- Ferslev
- provenance
- gift from Lucy Amelia Doty Jeffcott to Marie Ferslev Hansen around 1905, later household of Niels and Clara Ferslev, later household of Helen Ferslev, later household of Peter Cardinal 1986
- note
- see text by Helen Ferslev when transfering to Peter Cardinal
- maker_mark
- crown and crossed [swords? scepter?] with letters "R. & C." and "IRIS" beneath, also the word "BAVARIA"
- condition
- excellent
- disposition
- currently owned as of January 2014
- 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
- category
- household
- family_branch
- Cardinal_Gilbert
- provenance
- unknown origin, household of Lillie Strahl Cardinal, then household of Alton and Beatrice Cardinal
- notebook_reference
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OldThings.html#sewing_rocker
Sewing Chair
This low wooden rocker belonged to my mother, Lillie Strahl Cardinal (1877- 1948). I don't know when or how it was acquired, but I remember it as an old chair when I was a child.
Originally, the chair was finished with a dark brown stain and had a brown cane seat (fragments of the cane are still there). In the late 1920's, Mother installed a
dime store
plywood replacement seat. At some time, one of the six back splints was broken; I removed the opposite one to maintain symmetry when I painted the chair gray in the 1950's. - disposition
- unknown
- category
- household
- family_branch
- Cardinal_Gilbert
- provenance
- unknown
- notebook_reference
-
OldThings.html#orange_spoon
Orange spoon
For eating oranges cut in half.
- disposition
- unknown
- category
- household
- family_branch
- Cardinal_Peter
- provenance
- made by Alton Cardinal for Peter Cardinal, probably in 1970s
- note
- carved from wood of an American elm tree from 1093 Reed St (Green Bay) of the same age as Peter Cardinal
- maker_mark
- ELM
- condition
- excellent
- disposition
- currently owned as of April 2015
- category
- shoptools
- family_branch
- Cardinal_Alton
- provenance
- gift to Alton Cardinal from Mary Ann Johnston Cardinal in 1920
- notebook_reference
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OldThings.html#knife
Pocket Knife
This knife was given to me by my grandmother, Mary Ann Johnston Cardinal, for Christmas 1920 when I was seven.
One side of the handle is marked Alton Cardinal, Green Bay, Wis. On the other side is a picture of me taken on my seventh birthday, April 10, 1920, at Oneida, Wis. The picture was damaged by me while removing rust with kerosene.
- disposition
- lost 2005 or 2006