- category
- household
- family_branch
- Cardinal_Alton_Beatrice
- provenance
- found in house in Indian Prairie, Washington, in 1915, then in possession of Alton Cardinal and household of Alton and Beatrice Cardinal until 2007
- notebook_reference
-
OldThings.html#threadbox
Thread Box
This is the sort of box commonly used in stores which sold spools of thread during the nineteenth century.
This particular box was left by former owners in a ranch house (the Taft house) we moved into when I was about two years old (1915). It was used by me to keep small toys. The ranch was located at Indian Prairie, near Spokane, Washington.
A penciled note on the back of the lower drawer reads:
Save this box for Mrs. Taft if empty any time in 11/17/1891.
I removed the old finish, made a new front for the lower drawer of red oak, turned and painted wooden knobs for the lower drawer to match the original black Bakelite knobs on the upper drawer, and applied clear finish.
The box has been used by my wife, Bea, as a jewelry box.
- disposition
- given to Carol Anne Grady 2007
- category
- household
- family_branch
- Cardinal_Alton_Beatrice
- provenance
- built by Alton Cardinal 1928-1929, household of Alton Cardinal, then household of Peter Cardinal
- notebook_reference
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OldThings.html#desk
Desk
The desk was made by me as a manual training class project in West High School, Green Bay, Wisconsin, during the school year 1928-29, the first year in the new building. Mr. Leaonard F. Stacker was the teacher.
The desk has a flat top on tapered legs. There is one wide drawer. Lumber species is butternut, stained walnut color. Dimensions: 29 inches high, 30 inches wide, and 18 inches deep.
- condition
- excellent
- disposition
- currently owned as of January 2014
- category
- household
- family_branch
- Cardinal_Alton_Beatrice
- provenence
- household of Alton Cardinal (1926), then Alton and Beatrice Cardinal, then Peter Cardinal
- title
- The History of the American People
- author
- Charles A. Beard and William C. Bagley
- publication
- New York: The Macmillan Company. 1924.
- note
- flyleaf inscribed with price "1.32", name "Alton Lyle Cardinal", and date "Feb. 1st, 1926"
- disposition
- currently owned as of April 2017
- category
- art
- family_branch
- Cardinal_Alton
- provenance
- made by Alton Cardinal for Peter Cardinal in 1984
- note
- one of several similar sets most made for ministers including several at St Paul's United Methodist Church
- maker_mark
- each piece marked "ALC", "1984", "MAPLE"
- condition
- very good
- disposition
- currently owned as of January 2014
- 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
- "CHERRY", "ALC", "1995", "27 hours"
- condition
- excellent
- disposition
- currently owned as of June 2014
- 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
- 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
- "Birch + Cherry", "ALC", "1995"
- condition
- excellent
- disposition
- currently owned as of June 2014
- category
- art
- family_branch
- Cardinal_Alton
- provenance
- made by Alton Cardinal and Peter Cardinal in 2004-2008, household of Peter Cardinal
- maker_mark
- "ALC", "2004", "2008", "pbc"
- note
- the last project started by Alton Cardinal, completed as candlestick by Peter Cardinal
- condition
- very good
- disposition
- currently owned as of June 2014
- category
- art
- family_branch
- Cardinal_Alton
- provenance
- made by Alton Cardinal in 1983 and retained by artist, then household of Peter Cardinal
- note
- one of several similar sets most made as gifts for ministers
- maker_mark
- plate marked with conjoined "JF" and "83"
- condition
- very good
- disposition
- currently owned as of August 2014
- category
- shoptools
- family_branch
- Ferslev
- provenance
- workshop of Niels Ferslev, then workshop of Alton Cardinal, then workshop of Peter Cardinal
- condition
- blade worn, handle very good
- disposition
- stayed with Reed Street house 2022
- category
- officetools
- family_branch
- Cardinal_Alton
- provenance
- purchased by Alton Cardinal possibly during college, household of Alton Cardinal, then household of Peter Cardinal
- disposition
- unknown
- category
- officetools
- family_branch
- Cardinal_Alton
- provenence
- purchased by Alton Cardinal possibly around 1933, household of Alton Cardinal, then household of Peter Cardinal
- note
- marked "Alton Cardinal Green Bay, Wis." in calligraphy on case
- maker_mark
- "K&ECO" on case, "Keuffel & Esser Co." "N.Y." "Pat. 1,875,927" "Made in U.S.A." and "<40970>"
- condition
- good
- disposition
- currently owned as of January 2018
- category
- shoptools
- family_branch
- Cardinal_Alton
- provenance
- acquired by Alton Cardinal between 1927 and 1931, later workshop of Peter Cardinal
- notebook_reference
-
OldThings.html#shop_tools_2
Shop Tools
Acquired by me during high school years (1927-31) or before.
- Work bench (made for me by my father)
- Vise
-
Claw hammer
(marked
Alty
on handle) - Push drill (
Mr. Punch
) - Auger bits for brace (6/16″, 8/16″, 10/16″)
- Countersink bit
- Twist bit (¼)
- Brace
- Marking guage
- Try square
- Large screw driver (square shank, wood handle) (bought for me by my Uncle Sam Cardinal)
- Screw driver set (3 in 1)
- Wooden handle containing may tools
- Jack plane
- Carpenter chisels (½″ ¾″)
- Spoke shave
- Hand cranked grinder
- condition
- excellent
- disposition
- stayed with Reed Street house 2022
- category
- fieldtools
- family_branch
- Cardinal_Alton
- provenance
- unknown; property of Alton Cardinal, then Peter Cardinal
- note
- surveyor's compass designed for sighting a bearing (as a circumferentor)
- disposition
- currently owned as of January 2022
