- category
- shoptools
- family_branch
- Cardinal_Gilbert
- provenance
- some property of Gilbert Cardinal by 1920, some acquired from shop of Seeley Primley middle 1960s, some unknown
- note
- it is no longer clear which tools have which provenance
- notebook_reference
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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″)
- disposition
- stayed with Reed Street house 2022
- category
- fieldtools
- family_branch
- Cardinal_Alton
- provenence
- origin unknown, garden tools of Alton Cardinal, then Peter Cardinal
- note
- normal hoe reshaped by wear and filing by Alton Cardinal over decades of use
- disposition
- currently owned as of August 2014
- category
- household
- family_branch
- Cardinal_Alton_Beatrice
- provence
- unknown, household of Alton and Beatrice Cardinal prior to 1955, later household of Peter Cardinal
- note
- original set included a knife, now lost
- condition
- good except for tarnish
- maker_mark
- Imperial Silver Plate
- disposition
- fork and spoon currently owned as of Janary 2014
- category
- household
- family_branch
- Cardinal_Alton_Beatrice
- provenance
- wedding gift to Alton and Beatrice Cardinal 1946
- condition
- excellent
- disposition
- given to Carol Anne Grady 2005
- 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 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
- 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
- origin unknown, household of Gilbert and Lillie Cardinal in 1920s, then remained in house after their deaths, then household of Alton Cardinal
- notebook_reference
-
OldThings.html#matchbox
Match Box
This match box was used by my parents for many years. I don't know its origin, but I remember it in the basement at 132 South Oneida Street, Green Bay, Wisconsin, from the mid-1920's. It was mounted near the furnace and remained there when the house was sold to Carl and Marian Sippel in 1950 or 1951. They continued to use the box for matches in the basement until 1982. They gave it to me for Christmas 1982. It continues in use for matches beside our Franklin stove.
The box is wall-mounted of cast iron, and is of self-closing design. It measures about 3¾″ × 2¼ × 1″ – just right for a handful of wooden kitchen matches. These words are cast on the lid:
Self Closing – for matches &c. – Patented Dec. 20, 1864 – D.N & Co. – New Haven
. The bottom is made rough as a place to scratch the matches. The remainder is coated with black enamel.In 1983, I removed the original enamel and recoated it with new black enamel.
- disposition
- sold with house at 412 North Locust Street, Green Bay, Wisconsin
- category
- household
- family_branch
- Cardinal_Gilbert
- provenance
- unknown, believed to have been from household of Lillie and Gilbert Cardinal, then household of Alton Cardinal, then household of Peter Cardinal
- note
- used as a gardening/potting fork
- condition
- very good, rusting, one tine lost small part at tip
- disposition
- owned as of July 2016
- 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
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
- stolen winter 1992 from cabin at woods
- category
- household
- family_branch
- Cardinal_Peter
- provenance
- artist unknown, date unknown, household of Eva Willard in 1960s, given to Peter Cardinal
- condition
- very good
- disposition
- currently owned as of January 2014
- category
- household
- family_branch
- Cardinal_Peter
- provenance
- purchased by Peter Cardinal about 1971 in Naperville IL
- maker_mark
- "Pickett", "All Metal Slide Rules", "Made in U.S.A."
- condition
- excellent
- disposition
- currently owned as of January 2018
- 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
