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Category: RANDOM — Family Branch: RANDOM
Small claw hammer
20140108_0058
category
shoptools
family_branch
Cardinal_Gilbert
provenance
probably property of Gilbert Cardinal by 1920, then workshop of Alton Cardinal, then workshop of Peter Cardinal
note
provenance is inferred from notebook, handle has been replaced
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
currently owned as of January 2014
20140108_0059
(no photo)
End table
20140103_0032
category
household
family_branch
Cardinal_Alton_Beatrice
provenance
household of Alton and Beatice Cardinal from prior to 1955, then household of Peter Cardinal
condition
excellent
disposition
currently owned as of January 2014
20140103_0033 20140103_0034
Glass desert tray with central handle
20140125_4787
category
household
family_branch
Cardinal_Alton_Beatrice
provenance
wedding gift to Alton and Beatrice Cardinal 1946
condition
excellent
disposition
given to Carol Anne Grady 2005
20140125_4792 20140125_4793
Pitch fork
20140109_0036
category
fieldtools
family_branch
Cardinal_Gilbert
provenance
tools of Gilbert Cardinal prior to 1920, then tools of Alton Cardinal, then tools of Peter 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
currently owned as of January 2014
20140109_0037 20140109_0038 20140109_0039
Glass apple
20140103_0028
category
household
family_branch
Cardinal_Peter
provenance
given to Peter Cardinal by Joan Jones in Madison, Wisconsin, in the summer of 1983 as "an apple for the teacher"
maker_mark
Shari B[y]ush '81
disposition
currently owned as of January 2014
20140103_0030
Wooden spoon
20150421_0007
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
20150421_0008 20150421_0009
Snowshoes, Michigan style
20160727_0005
category
household
family_branch
Cardinal_Peter
provenance
purchased early to middle 1960s Alton and Beatrice Cardinal, household of Peter Cardinal
maker_mark
"tubbs", "14x48-2"
condition
excellent
disposition
currently owned as of July 2016
20160727_0006 20160727_0007 20160727_0008 20160727_0009 20160727_0010

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