| Small claw hammer |
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- category
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shoptools
- family_branch
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Cardinal_Gilbert
- provenance
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probably property of Gilbert Cardinal by 1920, then workshop of Alton Cardinal, then workshop of Peter Cardinal
- note
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provenance is inferred from notebook, handle has been replaced
- notebook_reference
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OldThings.html#shop_tools_1
- disposition
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currently owned as of January 2014
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| Pickax |
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- category
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fieldtools
- family_branch
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Cardinal_Alton
- Provenance
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unknown origin, tools of Alton Cardinal, then tools of Peter Cardinal
- maker_mark
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C[I ...] OSHKOSH
- disposition
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currently owned as of January 2014
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| Wooden bookends |
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- category
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household
- family_branch
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Cardinal_Alton_Beatrice
- provenance
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built by Alton Cardinal 1928-1929
- notebook_reference
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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
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unknown
- note
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stylized "ALC" initials inlaid on each piece
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| Child's rocker |
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- category
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household
- family_branch
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Cardinal_Gilbert
- provenance
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household of Eva Cady Robinson, then household of Gilbert and Lillie Cardinal, then household of Alton and Beatrice Cardinal, then household of Carol Anne Grady
- notebook_reference
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OldThings.html#child_chairs
Child Chairs
The four chairs have interesting histories.
The green straight chair was bought by her
parents for my wife, Beatrice Ferslev, when
she was four years old (in 1919). It was
used specifically for her to sit on in the
one-seated family automobile while her
older sister sat between the parents and
the younger sister sat on mother's lap.
The other three chairs were given to me
after my *cousin's children outgrew
them (about 1915). The training chair was
a brown color – stain and varnish
–; we never had the tray. The
"kitchen" chair was red enamel.
I remember the rocker as yellow –
probably a stained or natural finish.
When Uncle Abe Frei brought the training
chair from Spokane, Washington, out to the
ranch on Indian Prairie, he was embarassed;
so he put it in a burlap bag. I named the
chairs for ranch horses – Major
(training chair), Queen (kitchen),
and Flo (rocker) and drove them with
string lines. The chair backs and rear legs
still show the wear from being dragged
across the floor. I still refer to them
by name.
* Eva Cady Robinson
- disposition
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given to Carol Anne Grady 2007
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| Child's play dishes |
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- category
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household
- family_branch
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Cardinal_Gilbert
- provenance
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origin unknown, property of Lillie Strahl Cardinal, then household of Alton Cardinal
- notebook_reference
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OldThings.html#dishes
Child's Dishes
This set of china is a small tea set for
children to play with. There are also two
pewter castors.
These items belonged to my mother, Lillie
Strahl Cardinal, and date back to her
childhood in the 1880's. I do not know
exactly how or when she got them, but
they were among her prized possessions.
- disposition
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unknown
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| Spanish American War diary |
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- category
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household
- family_branch
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Cardinal_Gilbert
- provenance
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used by Gilbert Cardinal during Spanish American War
- note
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Gilbert saw little action, military or otherwise
- notebook_reference
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OldThings.html#diary
Diary
Gilbert H. Cardinal
Mostly during War with Spain (1898).
He served in Porto Rica [sic].)
- disposition
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sold 2005 $8
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| 3-prong fork |
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- category
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household
- family_branch
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Cardinal_Gilbert
- provenance
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unknown, believed to have been from household of Lillie and Gilbert Cardinal, then household of Alton Cardinal, then household of Peter Cardinal
- note
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used as a gardening/potting fork
- condition
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very good, rusting, one tine lost small part at tip
- disposition
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owned as of July 2016
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| Scythe |
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- category
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fieldtools
- family_branch
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Cardinal_Gilbert
- provenance
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tools of Gilbert Cardinal prior to 1920, then tools of Alton Cardinal, then tools of Peter Cardinal
- notebook_reference
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OldThings.html#field_tools
- disposition
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unknown
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| Slide rule |
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- category
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household
- family_branch
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Cardinal_Peter
- provenance
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purchased by Peter Cardinal middle to late 1960s
- maker_mark
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"NO. 587", "Sterling Slide Rule", "Made in U.S.A."
- note
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reversible slide with additional scales
- note
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marked "Peter Cardinal" on reverse
- condition
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excellent
- disposition
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currently owned as of January 2018
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