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Category: RANDOM — Family Branch: RANDOM
Oil stone
20140108_0051
category
shoptools
family_branch
Cardinal_Gilbert
provenance
property of Gilbert Cardinal by 1920, then workshop of Alton Cardinal, then workshop of Peter Cardinal
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″)
condition
broken, heavily used
disposition
stayed with Reed Street house 2022
20140108_0053
Cold chisels
20140108_0054
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
OldThings.html#shop_tools_1
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disposition
stayed with Reed Street house 2022
Block plane
20140108_0060
category
shoptools
family_branch
Cardinal_Gilbert
provenance
property of Gilbert Cardinal by 1920, then workshop of Alton Cardinal, then workshop of Peter Cardinal
notebook_reference
OldThings.html#shop_tools_1
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disposition
stayed with Reed Street house 2022
20140108_0061 20140108_0062
Hand axe
20140109_0022
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
20140109_0023 20140109_0024 20140109_0025 20140109_0026 20190102_0979 20190102_0980
Trail's End bookends
20140128_0015
category
household
family_branch
Cardinal_Alton_Beatrice
provenance
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
paper tags on the bottom read "Fashioned by RONSON" and "RONSON ALL METAL ART WARES" with the stamped number 11478
condition
excellent
disposition
currently owned as of January 2014
20140128_0014 20140128_0016 20140128_0017 20140129_0003 20140129_0005
Art print
20140112_0009
category
household
family_branch
Cardinal_Alton_Beatrice
provenance
purchased by Peter Cardinal for Beatrice Cardinal in Madison about 1980, displayed in household of Alton and Beatrice Cardinal, then household of Peter Cardinal
note
signed and numbered print, professionally framed in Green Bay
disposition
currently owned as of January 2014
20140112_0010 20140112_0011
Toy farm tractor
(no photo)
category
household
family_branch
Cardinal_Alton_Beatrice
provenance
unknown
note
used with toy barn and combine
disposition
given to Carol Anne Grady, discarded due ot sharp edges after being broken
Toy farm combine
20140125_4762
category
household
family_branch
Cardinal_Alton_Beatrice
provenance
unknown
note
used with toy barn and tractor, chain drive of moving parts, working height adjustment
maker_mark
"Tru Scale"
condition
excellent
disposition
given to Carol Anne Grady
20140125_4763 20140125_4764 20140125_4765 20140125_4766
Holy Spirit carving
20140626_0009
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_0010 20140626_0011
Abstract pillar
20140626_0015
category
art
family_branch
Cardinal_Alton
provenance
made by Alton Cardinal date unknown, household of Alton and Beatrice Cardinal, then household of Peter Cardinal
maker_mark
"TURNING LATHE SCUPLTURE", "ALC"
condition
excellent
disposition
currently owned as of June 2014
20140626_0012 20140626_0013 20140626_0014
Deep wooden bowl
20140626_0044
category
art
family_branch
Cardinal_Alton
provenance
made by Alton Cardinal in 1995, household of Alton and Beatrice Cardinal, then household of Peter Cardinal
maker_mark
"Maple + Cherry", "ALC", "1995"
condition
excellent
disposition
currently owned as of June 2014
20140626_0045 20140626_0046 20140626_0047
Scythe
(no photo)
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
unknown
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

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