- category
- household
- family_branch
- Cardinal_Alton_Beatrice
- provenance
- built by Alton Cardinal 1928-1929, household of Alton Cardinal, then household of Peter Cardinal
- notebook_reference
-
OldThings.html#desk
Desk
The desk was made by me as a manual training class project in West High School, Green Bay, Wisconsin, during the school year 1928-29, the first year in the new building. Mr. Leaonard F. Stacker was the teacher.
The desk has a flat top on tapered legs. There is one wide drawer. Lumber species is butternut, stained walnut color. Dimensions: 29 inches high, 30 inches wide, and 18 inches deep.
- condition
- excellent
- disposition
- currently owned as of January 2014
- category
- household
- family_branch
- Cardinal_Alton_Beatrice
- provenance
- unknown, household of Alton and Beatrice Cardinal
- condition
- excellent
- disposition
- given to Carol Anne Grady 2005
- category
- household
- family_branch
- Ferslev
- provenance
- household of Niels and Clara Ferslev from prior to 1955, then household of Beatrice Ferslev Cardinal, then household of Peter Cardinal
- maker_mark
- GERMA[N]; also an unreadable number
- disposition
- currently owned as of January 2014
- category
- art
- family_branch
- Cardinal_Alton
- provenance
- made by Alton Cardinal for Beatrice Cardinal, date unknown
- note
- displayed with wooden plums and wooden fruit bowl
- disposition
- given to Carol Anne Grady 2005
- category
- art
- family_branch
- Cardinal_Alton
- provenance
- made by Alton Cardinal date unknown, household of Alton and Beatrice Cardinal, then household of Peter Cardinal
- maker_mark
- "TURNING LATHE SCUPLTURE", "ALC"
- 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
- built by Joseph Cardinal prior to 1913, then household of Gilbert and Lillie Cardinal, then household of Alton and Beatrice Cardinal, then household of Peter Cardinal
- notebook_reference
-
OldThings.html#round_table
Round Table
The round table was made by my grandfather, Joseph Cardinal (1830-1913), and came to my father after Grandpa's death.
As I remember it, the table was a dark color. It was later painted black, and then, still later, gray.
My son, Peter, now has the table.
- disposition
- stayed with Reed Street house 2022
- category
- household
- family_branch
- Cardinal_Gilbert
- provenance
- unknown
- notebook_reference
-
OldThings.html#moustache_cup
Moustache Cup
From the home of Gilbert Cardinal. History not known.
- disposition
- sold 2005 $15
- category
- household
- family_branch
- Cardinal_Gilbert
- provenance
- owned by Gilbert Cardinal and retained by the family
- note
- large size 1 dollar silver certificate, 1923, M19174682B
- notebook_reference
-
OldThings.html#billfold
Billfold and $1 Bill
Owned by Gilbert H. Cardinal. [Large size bill; 1923 silver certificate.]
- disposition
- currently owned, kept with important papers
- category
- fieldtools
- family_branch
- Cardinal_Gilbert
- provenance
- Chicago and North Western Railroad until discarded in 1920s, then tools of Gilbert Cardinal, then tools of Alton Cardinal, then tools of Peter Cardinal
- note
- "C&NW" stamped into wood on handle below handgrip
- 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)
- maker_mark
- SOLID STEEL 2
- disposition
- currently owned as of May 2024
- 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
- tradename "Mr. Punch", note storage of bits in handle
- condition
- excellent except one bit is broken
- 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
- excellent
- disposition
- currently owned as of January 2014
- category
- fieldtools
- family_branch
- Cardinal_Alton
- provenance
- unknown; property of Alton Cardinal, then Peter Cardinal
- note
- surveyor's compass designed for sighting a bearing (as a circumferentor)
- disposition
- currently owned as of January 2022
