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Category: RANDOM — Family Branch: RANDOM
Carpenter level
20140108_0048
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
usable, main bubble good, wood worn, vertical bubble missing
disposition
stayed with Reed Street house 2022
20140108_0049 20140108_0050
Nailsets
20140108_0055
category
shoptools
family_branch
Cardinal_Gilbert
provenance
unknown
notebook_reference
OldThings.html#shop_tools_1
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disposition
stayed with Reed Street house 2022
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
Egg cooker
20150421_0001
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
20150421_0002
Kodak camera
(no photo)
category
household
family_branch
Cardinal_Alton_Beatrice
provenence
household of Alton Cardinal (probably middle 1930s), then Alton and Beatrice Cardinal, then Peter Cardinal (1963)
note
uses size 610 roll film
disposition
sold 2005
Carved wooden bowl with carved wooden plums and grapes
20140125_4717
category
art
family_branch
Cardinal_Alton
provenance
made by Alton Cardinal for Beatrice Cardinal, date unknown
note
probably dated by artist but mark is no longer readable, see also pear and apple
disposition
given to Carol Anne Grady 2005
20140125_4719 20140125_4720 20140125_4721 20140125_4722
Carved wooden rocking Joseph and Mary
20140125_4734
category
art
family_branch
Cardinal_Alton
provenance
made by Alton Cardinal for Beatrice Cardinal in 1994
maker_mark
autograph notations by artist "Birch", "ALC", "1994"
disposition
given to Carol Anne Grady 2005
20140125_4735 20140125_4736 20140125_4737 20140125_4739 20140125_4740
Wooden chalice, and plate
20140809_0011
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
20140809_0012 20140809_0013 20140809_0014 20140809_0015
Bedroom set mirror
20140103_0010
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
20140103_0011 20140103_0012
Spoon
(no photo)
category
household
family_branch
Cardinal_Gilbert
provenance
unknown
notebook_reference
OldThings.html#orange_spoon

Orange spoon

For eating oranges cut in half.

disposition
unknown
Drafting board
20140625_0001
category
officetools
family_branch
Cardinal_Alton
provenance
purchased by Alton Cardinal probably about 1933, household of Alton Cardinal, then household of Peter Cardinal
note
marked "ALTON CARDINAL" in ink on surface
condition
good
disposition
currently owned as of June 2014
20140625_0002 20140625_0003 20140625_0004
Lantern
(no photo)
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
Pocket knife
(no photo)
category
shoptools
family_branch
Cardinal_Alton
provenance
gift to Alton Cardinal from Mary Ann Johnston Cardinal in 1920
notebook_reference
OldThings.html#knife

Pocket Knife

This knife was given to me by my grandmother, Mary Ann Johnston Cardinal, for Christmas 1920 when I was seven.

One side of the handle is marked Alton Cardinal, Green Bay, Wis. On the other side is a picture of me taken on my seventh birthday, April 10, 1920, at Oneida, Wis. The picture was damaged by me while removing rust with kerosene.

disposition
lost 2005 or 2006
Workbench
20140109_0010
category
shoptools
family_branch
Cardinal_Alton
provenance
made by Gilbert Cardinal for 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
disposition
stayed with Reed Street house 2022
20140109_0006 20140109_0007 20140109_0009
Hack saw
20190102_0976
category
shoptools
family_branch
Cardinal_Alton
provenance
unknown; property of Alton Cardinal, then shop of Peter Cardinal
note
marked "Alty"
disposition
currently owned as of January 2014
20190102_0977

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