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Category: RANDOM — Family Branch: RANDOM
Hoe
20140809_0016
category
fieldtools
family_branch
Cardinal_Alton
provenence
origin unknown, garden tools of Alton Cardinal, then Peter Cardinal
note
normal hoe reshaped by wear and filing by Alton Cardinal over decades of use
disposition
currently owned as of August 2014
20140809_0017 20140809_0018
Toy farm animals
20140125_4755
category
household
family_branch
Cardinal_Alton_Beatrice
provenance
unknown
note
used with toy barn
disposition
given to Carol Anne Grady
20140125_4754
Snowshoes, cross-country style
20160727_0011
category
household
family_branch
Cardinal_Alton_Beatrice
provenance
household of Alton and Beatrice Cardinal, purchased early 1960s
note
note lacing through the frames
note
AF&H was American Hoe and Fork
maker_mark
"[AF]H CO WALLINGFORD VT US"
condition
excellent
disposition
currently owned as of July 2016
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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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Wooden egg with stand
20140626_0027
category
art
family_branch
Cardinal_Alton
provenance
made by Alton Cardinal date unknown, household of Alton and Beatrice Cardinal, then household of Peter Cardinal
condition
very good
disposition
currently owned as of June 2014
20140626_0029
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

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