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Korean fabric wall hangings
	category household family_branch Cardinal_Alton_Beatrice provenance gift of Un Hi Lee Kang to Beatrice Cardinal, later household of Peter Cardinal disposition currently owned as of January 2014 provenance gift of Un Hi Lee Kang to Beatrice Cardinal, later household of Peter Cardinal note "New Year's Celebration" and "Traditional Wedding Ceremony" disposition currently owned as of January 2014

History textbook
	category household family_branch Cardinal_Alton_Beatrice provenence household of Alton Cardinal (1926), then Alton and Beatrice Cardinal, then Peter Cardinal title The History of the American People author Charles A. Beard and William C. Bagley publication New York: The Macmillan Company. 1924. note flyleaf inscribed with price "1.32", name "Alton Lyle Cardinal", and date "Feb. 1st, 1926" disposition currently owned as of April 2017

Milk bottle carrier
	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

Cyclopedia
	category household family_branch Ferslev provenance household of Niels Ferslev title The New Cabinet Cyclopaedia and Treasury of Knowledge. A Handy Book of Reference On All Subjects and For All Readers. publication Philadelphia: The Gebbie Publishing Co., Limited. 1900. disposition currently owned as of January 2014

Carved wooden pear
	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

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

Short-handled shovel
	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

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Korean fabric wall hangings

category: household
family_branch: Cardinal_Alton_Beatrice
provenance: gift of Un Hi Lee Kang to Beatrice Cardinal, later household of Peter Cardinal
disposition: currently owned as of January 2014
provenance: gift of Un Hi Lee Kang to Beatrice Cardinal, later household of Peter Cardinal
note: "New Year's Celebration" and "Traditional Wedding Ceremony"
disposition: currently owned as of January 2014

History textbook

category: household
family_branch: Cardinal_Alton_Beatrice
provenence: household of Alton Cardinal (1926), then Alton and Beatrice Cardinal, then Peter Cardinal
title: The History of the American People
author: Charles A. Beard and William C. Bagley
publication: New York: The Macmillan Company. 1924.
note: flyleaf inscribed with price "1.32", name "Alton Lyle Cardinal", and date "Feb. 1st, 1926"
disposition: currently owned as of April 2017

Milk bottle carrier

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

Cyclopedia

category: household
family_branch: Ferslev
provenance: household of Niels Ferslev
title: The New Cabinet Cyclopaedia and Treasury of Knowledge. A Handy Book of Reference On All Subjects and For All Readers.
publication: Philadelphia: The Gebbie Publishing Co., Limited. 1900.
disposition: currently owned as of January 2014

Carved wooden pear

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

Spoon

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category: household
family_branch: Cardinal_Gilbert
provenance: unknown
notebook_reference: OldThings.html#orange_spoon

Orange spoon

For eating oranges cut in half.
disposition: unknown

Short-handled shovel

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.