- 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″)
- maker_mark
- FISHER
- disposition
- currently owned as of January 2014
- category
- fieldtools
- family_branch
- Cardinal_Alton
- provenence
- origin unknown, garden tools of Alton Cardinal, then Peter Cardinal
- note
- believed to have been purchased by Alton Cardinal for his son David around 1952
- disposition
- currently owned as of August 2014
- 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
- category
- household
- family_branch
- Ferslev
- provenance
- whittled by Niels Ferslev prior to 1955 and possibly as early as 1905, household of Niels and Clara Ferslev, then household of Beatrice Ferslev Cardinal, then household of Peter Cardinal
- note
- family story is that the ball was whittled while Niels was courting Clara prior to their marriage in 1905
- 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
- "Birch + Cherry", "ALC", "1995"
- condition
- excellent
- 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
- "Maple + Cherry", "ALC", "1995"
- condition
- excellent
- 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
- officetools
- family_branch
- Cardinal_Alton
- provenance
- purchased by Alton Cardinal probably about 1933, household of Alton Cardinal, then household of Peter Cardinal
- note
- marked "A.L.C." on blade and "ALC" (twice) on head
- note
- price mark "New" "2.50" on head
- maker_mark
- "DIETZGEN", "2077-24"
- condition
- excellent
- disposition
- currently owned as of June 2014
- category
- fieldtools
- family_branch
- Cardinal_Gilbert
- provenance
- tools of Gilbert Cardinal prior to 1920, then tools of Alton Cardinal, then tools of Peter 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
- currently owned as of January 2014
- 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
[text shown above] - disposition
- unknown, may have been stolen winter 1992 from cabin at woods
- category
- fieldtools
- family_branch
- Cardinal_Gilbert
- provenance
- tools of Gilbert Cardinal prior to 1920, then tools of Alton Cardinal
- note
- axe was said to have been used to break ice on the spring in Oneida
- notebook_reference
-
OldThings.html#field_tools
[text shown above] - disposition
- stolen winter 1992 from cabin at woods
- 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
- 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
- made of all wood including set screw
- notebook_reference
-
OldThings.html#shop_tools_2
[text shown above] - condition
- excellent
- disposition
- stayed with Reed Street house 2022
