- 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
- category
- household
- family_branch
- Cardinal_Alton_Beatrice
- provenence
- made by Alton Cardinal about 1952, household of Alton and Beatrice Cardinal, then household of Peter Cardinal
- note
- paint is that used for kitchen in 1952 house
- note
- box left on porch for milkman to exchange empty bottles, wider handle support sized for the milk order card
- note
- Alton later used the box as a tool carrier
- condition
- good, paint fair
- disposition
- currently owned as of January 2018
- 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
- household
- family_branch
- Cardinal_Gilbert
- provenance
- used by Gilbert Cardinal during Spanish American War
- note
- Gilbert saw little action, military or otherwise
- notebook_reference
-
OldThings.html#diary
Diary
Gilbert H. Cardinal
Mostly during War with Spain (1898). He served in Porto Rica [sic].)
- disposition
- sold 2005 $37.50 with related items
- category
- fieldtools
- family_branch
- Cardinal_Gilbert
- provenance
- tools of Gilbert Cardinal prior to 1920, then tools of Alton 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, may have been stolen winter 1992 from cabin at woods
- category
- household
- family_branch
- Cardinal_Peter
- provenance
- made by Alton Cardinal around 1980 for Peter Cardinal
- note
- set of 3, oak, design by Peter Cardinal, construction by Alton Cardinal
- disposition
- currently owned as of January 2014
- category
- shoptools
- family_branch
- Cardinal_Alton
- provenance
- acquired by Alton Cardinal between 1927 and 1931, later workshop of Peter Cardinal
- note
- marked "Alty"
- 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
- very good
- disposition
- currently owned as of January 2014
