The Material Legacy

Toy farm tractor
(no photo)	category household family_branch Cardinal_Alton_Beatrice provenance unknown note used with toy barn and combine disposition given to Carol Anne Grady, discarded due ot sharp edges after being broken
Stichery
	category household family_branch Cardinal_Alton_Beatrice provenance made by Beatrice Cardinal, date unknown, later household of Peter Cardinal condition excellent disposition currently owned as of January 2014
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
Post hole digger
(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
Slide rule with case
	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
Marking guage
	category shoptools family_branch Cardinal_Alton provenance acquired by Alton Cardinal between 1927 and 1931, later workshop of Peter Cardinal note made of all wood including set screw 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 stayed with Reed Street house 2022
Hand grinder
(no photo)	category shoptools family_branch Cardinal_Alton provenance acquired by Alton Cardinal between 1927 and 1931 notebook_reference OldThings.html#shop_tools_2 [text shown above] disposition unknown
Compass
	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

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