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household
- family_branch
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Cardinal_Alton_Beatrice
- provenance
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household of Alton and Beatice Cardinal from prior to 1955, then household of Peter Cardinal
- condition
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excellent
- disposition
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currently owned as of January 2014
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| Cup and saucer |
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household
- family_branch
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Ferslev
- provenance
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unknown
- notebook_reference
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OldThings.html#cup_saucer
Cup and Saucer
Bought and given to his mother by Niels L.
Ferslev in Denmark before 1890.
[Schliesvig-Holstien]
- disposition
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unknown
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| Cream and sugar set |
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- category
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household
- family_branch
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Ferslev
- provenance
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unknown, thought to have been in household of Lucy Doty Jeffcott, then household of Clara Jeffcott Ferslev, later household of Carol Anne Grady
- note
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scene of renaissance gentlemen on one side each
- maker_mark
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"Royal Bayreuth", knight's helmet between pair of crowned lions with shields "P" and "T", scroll "PRIV. 1794", "BAVARIA"
- condition
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excellent
- disposition
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owned by Carol Anne Grady as of January 2014
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| Shallow wooden bowl |
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- category
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art
- family_branch
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Cardinal_Alton
- provenance
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made by Alton Cardinal in 1991, household of Alton and Beatrice Cardinal, then household of Peter Cardinal
- condition
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good except chip out of rim
- maker_mark
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"BOWL OF CHERRY", "ALC", "1991"
- disposition
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currently owned as of June 2014
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| Bentwood rocker |
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- category
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household
- family_branch
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Cardinal_Gilbert
- provenance
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household of Lillie Roy Strahl Whipple, then household of Gilbert and Lillie Cardinal, then household of Alton and Beatrice Cardinal, then household of Peter Cardinal
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OldThings.html#rocker
Rocking Chair
The bent-wood arm rocker belonged to my
grandmother, Lillie Roy Strahl Whipple
(1860-1921), and it was used by her until
her death in 1921. Then it became the
property of my mother, Lillie Strahl
Cardinal (1877-1948), until her death in
1948. It was constantly used all those
years. After Mother's death, the chair
remained in our attic until I completed
refinishing in 1982.
I removed all of the old finish and
refinished with Formby's tung oil finish
rubbed into the natural wood. I replaced
the seat with new leather tooled by my
sister-in-law, Helen Lu Ferslev, in a
pattern similar to the original. New
tacks were used. Other than minor joint
tightening, no restoration was needed.
- note
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seat replaced again
- disposition
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currently owned as of January 2014
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| Sewing rocker |
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- category
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household
- family_branch
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Cardinal_Gilbert
- provenance
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unknown origin, household of Lillie Strahl Cardinal, then household of Alton and Beatrice Cardinal
- notebook_reference
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OldThings.html#sewing_rocker
Sewing Chair
This low wooden rocker belonged to my
mother, Lillie Strahl Cardinal (1877-
1948). I don't know when or how it was
acquired, but I remember it as an old
chair when I was a child.
Originally, the chair was finished with
a dark brown stain and had a brown cane
seat (fragments of the cane are still
there). In the late 1920's, Mother
installed a dime store plywood
replacement seat. At some time, one of
the six back splints was broken; I
removed the opposite one to maintain
symmetry when I painted the chair gray
in the 1950's.
- disposition
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unknown
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| Child's red chair |
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- category
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household
- family_branch
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Cardinal_Gilbert
- provenance
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household of Eva Cady Robinson, then household of Gilbert and Lillie Cardinal, then household of Alton and Beatrice Cardinal, then household of Peter Cardinal
- notebook_reference
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OldThings.html#child_chairs
Child Chairs
The four chairs have interesting histories.
The green straight chair was bought by her
parents for my wife, Beatrice Ferslev, when
she was four years old (in 1919). It was
used specifically for her to sit on in the
one-seated family automobile while her
older sister sat between the parents and
the younger sister sat on mother's lap.
The other three chairs were given to me
after my *cousin's children outgrew
them (about 1915). The training chair was
a brown color – stain and varnish
–; we never had the tray. The
"kitchen" chair was red enamel.
I remember the rocker as yellow –
probably a stained or natural finish.
When Uncle Abe Frei brought the training
chair from Spokane, Washington, out to the
ranch on Indian Prairie, he was embarassed;
so he put it in a burlap bag. I named the
chairs for ranch horses – Major
(training chair), Queen (kitchen),
and Flo (rocker) and drove them with
string lines. The chair backs and rear legs
still show the wear from being dragged
across the floor. I still refer to them
by name.
* Eva Cady Robinson
- disposition
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currently owned as of January 2014
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| Child's play dishes |
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- category
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household
- family_branch
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Cardinal_Gilbert
- provenance
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origin unknown, property of Lillie Strahl Cardinal, then household of Alton Cardinal
- notebook_reference
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OldThings.html#dishes
Child's Dishes
This set of china is a small tea set for
children to play with. There are also two
pewter castors.
These items belonged to my mother, Lillie
Strahl Cardinal, and date back to her
childhood in the 1880's. I do not know
exactly how or when she got them, but
they were among her prized possessions.
- disposition
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unknown
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| Spoon |
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- category
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household
- family_branch
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Cardinal_Gilbert
- provenance
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unknown
- notebook_reference
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OldThings.html#orange_spoon
Orange spoon
For eating oranges cut in half.
- disposition
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unknown
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