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- category
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household
- family_branch
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Cardinal_Alton_Beatrice
- provenance
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purchased for Alton Cardinal 1931, household of Alton Cardinal, then household of Peter Cardinal
- notebook_reference
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OldThings.html#lamp
Desk Lamp
Flexible (goose neck) study lamp was
purchased for my use when I enrolled at
the University of Wisconsin, Madison, in
September 1931. The dark green color was
chosen to harmonize with the green
stained dormitory furniture. For two
school years I lived in Room 202, Tarrant
House, Adams Hall on the university
campus.
The lamp was used by me during four
student years and subsequently in all
the various roominghouses until I entered
the army in March of 1941. After the war
it continued as part of our household,
but was not used so much. During the past
few years it has served as an auxillary
shop light in the basement.
The electrical cord was replaced once.
- condition
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very good
- disposition
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currently owned as of January 2014
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| Chamber pot |
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- category
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household
- family_branch
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Cardinal_Alton_Beatrice
- provenance
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unknown
- notebook_reference
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OldThings.html#chamber_pot
Chamber Pot
Used by family of Alton Cardinal on trips,
etc. 1950. [Johns Bros, England]
- disposition
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unknown
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| Spoon rest |
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- category
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household
- family_branch
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Cardinal_Alton_Beatrice
- provenance
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gift of Phyllis and David to their mother Beatrice Cardinal not later than 1955
- condition
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good, small piece broken off lower corner, a few small chips in finish
- disposition
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currently owned as of January 2014
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| Wooden spoons |
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- category
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household
- family_branch
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Cardinal_Alton_Beatrice
- provenance
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made by Alton Cardinal, probably in 1970s or 1980s; household of Beatrice Cardinal then household of Peter Cardinal
- note
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2 spoons, likely carved at different periods of artist's development
- condition
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excellent
- disposition
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currently owned as of April 2015
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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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| Dagger |
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- category
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household
- family_branch
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Cardinal_Gilbert
- provenance
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reputedly taken from dead confederate soldier by Joseph Cardinal during the Civil War, later household of Alton Cardinal, then household of Peter Cardinal
- notebook_reference
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OldThings.html#dagger
Dagger – Civil War
Taken from the body of a Confederate soldier
(killed in action) by Joseph Cardinal
(soldier in Union cavalry).
- disposition
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currently owned as of January 2014
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| Spanish American War uniform |
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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 $37.50 with related items
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| Snowshoes, Michigan style |
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- category
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household
- family_branch
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Cardinal_Peter
- provenance
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purchased early to middle 1960s Alton and Beatrice Cardinal, household of Peter Cardinal
- maker_mark
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"tubbs", "14x48-2"
- condition
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excellent
- disposition
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currently owned as of July 2016
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| Brass screwdriver set |
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- category
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shoptools
- family_branch
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Cardinal_Alton
- provenance
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acquired by Alton Cardinal between 1927 and 1931, later workshop of Peter Cardinal
- notebook_reference
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OldThings.html#shop_tools_2
- disposition
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currently owned as of January 2014
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