- category
- household
- family_branch
- Cardinal_Alton_Beatrice
- provenance
- thought to be a gift to Alton and Beatrice Cardinal around 1947, household of Alton and Beatrice Cardinal prior to 1955, then household of Peter Cardinal
- maker_mark
- paper tags on the bottom read "Fashioned by RONSON" and "RONSON ALL METAL ART WARES" with the stamped number 11478
- condition
- excellent
- disposition
- currently owned as of January 2014
- category
- household
- family_branch
- Cardinal_Alton_Beatrice
- provenance
- unknown
- notebook_reference
-
OldThings.html#chamber_pot
Chamber Pot
Used by family of Alton Cardinal on trips, etc. 1950. [Johns Bros, England]
- disposition
- unknown
- category
- household
- family_branch
- Cardinal_Alton_Beatrice
- provenance
- purchased by Peter Cardinal for Beatrice Cardinal in Madison about 1980, displayed in household of Alton and Beatrice Cardinal, then household of Peter Cardinal
- note
- signed and numbered print, professionally framed in Green Bay
- disposition
- currently owned as of January 2014
- category
- household
- family_branch
- Cardinal_Alton_Beatrice
- provenance
- gift of Phyllis and David to their mother Beatrice Cardinal not later than 1955
- condition
- good, small piece broken off lower corner, a few small chips in finish
- disposition
- currently owned as of January 2014
- category
- art
- family_branch
- Cardinal_Alton
- provenance
- made by Alton Cardinal for Peter Cardinal in 1978
- note
- engraved with Christian symbols (cross, triangle, dove, and fish)
- maker_mark
- "ALC", "'78"
- condition
- excellent
- disposition
- currently owned as of January 2014
- category
- household
- family_branch
- Cardinal_Gilbert
- provenance
- household of Lillie Strahl Cardinal until 1948, then household of Alton and Beatrice Cardinal until around 1975, then household of Peter Cardinal
- notebook_reference
-
OldThings.html#food_chopper
Food Chopper
The food chopper belonged to my mother, Lille Strahl Cardinal, and we used by her until her death in 1948.
Whe he began keeping house, my son Peter took it and continues to use it.
- maker_mark
- Universal 72
- disposition
- currently owned as of January 2014
- category
- household
- family_branch
- Cardinal_Gilbert
- provenance
- unknown origin, household of Lillie Strahl Cardinal, then household of Alton and Beatrice Cardinal
- notebook_reference
-
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
- unknown
- category
- shoptools
- family_branch
- Cardinal_Alton
- provenance
- acquired by Alton Cardinal between 1927 and 1931, later workshop of Peter Cardinal
- 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
- maker_mark
- "No. 5", "MADE IN USA"
- condition
- excellent
- disposition
- stayed with Reed Street house 2022
- 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
