The Material Legacy

Plate
	category household family_branch Cardinal_Alton_Beatrice provenance household of Beatrice and Alton Cardinal, then household of Peter Cardinal note last surviving member of full set of ceramic dishes in multiple colors (pink, green, yellow) condition good, some chips and surface stain disposition currently owned as of January 2014
Whittled ball
	category household family_branch Ferslev provenance whittled by Niels Ferslev prior to 1955 and possibly as early as 1905, household of Niels and Clara Ferslev, then household of Beatrice Ferslev Cardinal, then household of Peter Cardinal note family story is that the ball was whittled while Niels was courting Clara prior to their marriage in 1905 disposition currently owned as of January 2014
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 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 stolen winter 1992 from cabin at woods
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Drill bits for brace
	category shoptools family_branch Cardinal_Alton provenance acquired by Alton Cardinal between 1927 and 1931, later workshop of Peter Cardinal note auger bits (6/16, 8/16, and 10/16in), countersink bit, twist bit (1/4in) 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 disposition currently owned as of January 2014
Chalk line
	category shoptools family_branch Cardinal_Alton provenance unknown; property of Alton Cardinal since 1950s, then shop of Peter Cardinal note see grooves made by string in chalk disposition stayed with Reed Street house 2022

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