The Material Legacy

Wooden bookends
(no photo)	category household family_branch Cardinal_Alton_Beatrice provenance built by Alton Cardinal 1928-1929 notebook_reference OldThings.html#bookend Book Ends Wooden book ends, also made by me as a manual training class project at about the same time, are made of gumwood stained and varnished. The design represents my initials – A.L.C. disposition unknown note stylized "ALC" initials inlaid on each piece
Chamber pot
(no photo)	category household family_branch Cardinal_Alton_Beatrice provenance unknown notebook_reference OldThings.html#chamber_pot Chamber Pot Used by family of Alton Cardinal on trips, etc. 1950. [Johns Bros, England] disposition unknown
Egg cooker
	category household family_branch Cardinal_Alton_Beatrice provenance unknown note cooking time established by depth of water using marks on central tube, whistle at top signals when water at full boil condition excellent disposition currently owned as of April 2015
Inlay nativity scene
	category art family_branch Cardinal_Alton provenance made by Alton Cardinal for Beatrice Cardinal in 1984 maker_mark autograph notations by artist "1984", "ALC", "Cedar and Balsa" disposition given to Carol Anne Grady 2005
Bedroom set mirror
	category household family_branch Cardinal_Gilbert provenance household of Gilbert and Lillie Cardinal from 1901, remaining in house after their deaths until 1985, then household of Alton Cardinal, then household of Peter Cardinal notebook_reference OldThings.html#bedroom Bedroom Set The set – bed, dresser, comode – was new when my parents (Gilbert and Lillie Cardinal) were married in 1901. The bed no longer exists. The set is made of cherry wood. The dresser originally had a mirror in a frame so that the mirror could be tilted. My mother removed the frame and hung the mirror on the wall in the 1920's. The frame is gone, but the mirror was left in attic at 132 S. Oneida St. until Carl Sippel gave it to me in 1985. The bevel-edge mirror has a broken-out section which my mother concealled with picture post cards. disposition currently owned as of January 2014

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