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Category: RANDOM — Family Branch: RANDOM
Block plane
20140108_0060
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″)
disposition
stayed with Reed Street house 2022
20140108_0061 20140108_0062
Small claw hammer
20140108_0058
category
shoptools
family_branch
Cardinal_Gilbert
provenance
probably property of Gilbert Cardinal by 1920, then workshop of Alton Cardinal, then workshop of Peter Cardinal
note
provenance is inferred from notebook, handle has been replaced
notebook_reference
OldThings.html#shop_tools_1
[text shown above]
disposition
currently owned as of January 2014
20140108_0059
Wooden spatula
20150421_0004
category
household
family_branch
Cardinal_Alton_Beatrice
provenance
made by Alton Cardinal, probably in 1970s or 1980s
condition
excellent
disposition
currently owned as of April 2015
20150421_0006
Carved wooden pear
20140125_4723
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
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Drafting set
(no photo)
category
officetools
family_branch
Cardinal_Alton
provenance
purchased by Alton Cardinal possibly during college, household of Alton Cardinal, then household of Peter Cardinal
disposition
unknown
Lantern
(no photo)
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

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
unknown, may have been stolen winter 1992 from cabin at woods
Double-bitted axe
(no photo)
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
Oil painting
20140129_0006
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
20140129_0008

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