| Pickax |
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- category
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fieldtools
- family_branch
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Cardinal_Alton
- Provenance
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unknown origin, tools of Alton Cardinal, then tools of Peter Cardinal
- maker_mark
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C[I ...] OSHKOSH
- disposition
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currently owned as of January 2014
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| Trail's End bookends |
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- category
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household
- family_branch
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Cardinal_Alton_Beatrice
- provenance
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thought to be a gift to Alton and Beatrice Cardinal around 1947, household of Alton and Beatrice Cardinal prior to 1955, then household of Peter Cardinal
- maker_mark
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paper tags on the bottom read "Fashioned by RONSON" and "RONSON ALL METAL ART WARES" with the stamped number 11478
- condition
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excellent
- disposition
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currently owned as of January 2014
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| Child's green chair |
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- category
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household
- family_branch
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Ferslev
- provenance
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purchased by Niels and Clara Ferslev in 1919 for their daughter Beatrice
- notebook_reference
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OldThings.html#child_chairs
Child Chairs
The four chairs have interesting histories.
The green straight chair was bought by her
parents for my wife, Beatrice Ferslev, when
she was four years old (in 1919). It was
used specifically for her to sit on in the
one-seated family automobile while her
older sister sat between the parents and
the younger sister sat on mother's lap.
The other three chairs were given to me
after my *cousin's children outgrew
them (about 1915). The training chair was
a brown color – stain and varnish
–; we never had the tray. The
"kitchen" chair was red enamel.
I remember the rocker as yellow –
probably a stained or natural finish.
When Uncle Abe Frei brought the training
chair from Spokane, Washington, out to the
ranch on Indian Prairie, he was embarassed;
so he put it in a burlap bag. I named the
chairs for ranch horses – Major
(training chair), Queen (kitchen),
and Flo (rocker) and drove them with
string lines. The chair backs and rear legs
still show the wear from being dragged
across the floor. I still refer to them
by name.
* Eva Cady Robinson
- disposition
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given to Carol Anne Grady 2007
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| Carved wooden pear |
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- category
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art
- family_branch
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Cardinal_Alton
- provenance
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made by Alton Cardinal for Beatrice Cardinal, date unknown
- note
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displayed with wooden plums and wooden fruit bowl
- disposition
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given to Carol Anne Grady 2005
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| Flooring cutter |
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- category
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shoptools
- family_branch
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Ferslev
- provenance
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workshop of Niels Ferslev, then workshop of Alton Cardinal, then workshop of Peter Cardinal
- condition
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blade worn, handle very good
- disposition
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stayed with Reed Street house 2022
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| Sewing rocker |
| (no photo) |
- category
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household
- family_branch
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Cardinal_Gilbert
- provenance
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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
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unknown
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| Drafting set |
| (no photo) |
- category
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officetools
- family_branch
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Cardinal_Alton
- provenance
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purchased by Alton Cardinal possibly during college, household of Alton Cardinal, then household of Peter Cardinal
- disposition
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unknown
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| Slide rule with case |
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- category
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officetools
- family_branch
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Cardinal_Alton
- provenence
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purchased by Alton Cardinal possibly around 1933, household of Alton Cardinal, then household of Peter Cardinal
- note
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marked "Alton Cardinal Green Bay, Wis." in calligraphy on case
- maker_mark
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"K&ECO" on case, "Keuffel & Esser Co." "N.Y." "Pat. 1,875,927" "Made in U.S.A." and "<40970>"
- condition
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good
- disposition
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currently owned as of January 2018
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| Oil painting |
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- category
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household
- family_branch
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Cardinal_Peter
- provenance
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artist unknown, date unknown, household of Eva Willard in 1960s, given to Peter Cardinal
- condition
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very good
- disposition
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currently owned as of January 2014
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| Hand grinder |
| (no photo) |
- category
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shoptools
- family_branch
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Cardinal_Alton
- provenance
-
acquired by Alton Cardinal between 1927 and 1931
- notebook_reference
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OldThings.html#shop_tools_2
- disposition
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unknown
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