- 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
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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″)
- condition
- broken, heavily used
- disposition
- stayed with Reed Street house 2022
- category
- household
- family_branch
- Cardinal_Alton_Beatrice
- provenance
- found in house in Indian Prairie, Washington, in 1915, then in possession of Alton Cardinal and household of Alton and Beatrice Cardinal until 2007
- notebook_reference
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OldThings.html#threadbox
Thread Box
This is the sort of box commonly used in stores which sold spools of thread during the nineteenth century.
This particular box was left by former owners in a ranch house (the Taft house) we moved into when I was about two years old (1915). It was used by me to keep small toys. The ranch was located at Indian Prairie, near Spokane, Washington.
A penciled note on the back of the lower drawer reads:
Save this box for Mrs. Taft if empty any time in 11/17/1891.
I removed the old finish, made a new front for the lower drawer of red oak, turned and painted wooden knobs for the lower drawer to match the original black Bakelite knobs on the upper drawer, and applied clear finish.
The box has been used by my wife, Bea, as a jewelry box.
- disposition
- given to Carol Anne Grady 2007
- category
- household
- family_branch
- Cardinal_Alton_Beatrice
- provenance
- purchased for Peter Cardinal (possibly by Niels and Clara Ferslev?), used by Peter in household of Alton and Beatrice Cardinal, then household of Peter Cardinal
- note
- original set included mug, now lost
- maker_mark
- "P[O ...] [...I]L", "[...]OX" "M[ADE IN] CALIFORNIA", "9" (or perhaps "6"?)
- condition
- excellent
- disposition
- currently owned as of January 2014
- category
- household
- family_branch
- Cardinal_Alton_Beatrice
- provenance
- wedding gift to Alton and Beatrice Cardinal 1946
- condition
- excellent
- disposition
- given to Carol Anne Grady 2005
- category
- household
- family_branch
- Ferslev
- provenance
- wedding gift to Clara and Niels Ferslev 1905, later household of Helen Ferslev, then household of Carol Anne Grady
- note
- written by Helen Lu Ferslev when given to Carol Anne; "This was a wedding present to your grandmother", "1905", "Clara Anne Jeffcott Ferslev"
- disposition
- owned by Carol Anne Grady as of January 2014
- category
- art
- family_branch
- Cardinal_Alton
- provenance
- made by Alton Cardinal in 1995, household of Alton and Beatrice Cardinal, then household of Peter Cardinal
- maker_mark
- "Birch + Cherry", "ALC", "1995"
- condition
- excellent
- disposition
- currently owned as of June 2014
- category
- shoptools
- family_branch
- Ferslev
- provenance
- workshop of Niels Ferslev, then workshop of Alton Cardinal, then workshop of Peter Cardinal
- note
- reverse numbering one side for inside measurements, sliding joints (not folding), marked with "F" (for Ferslev)
- condition
- good
- maker_mark
- one end, "Interlox Master Slide Rule", "INSIDE MEASURE", "MASTER RULE MFG. CO. INC. N.Y.C."; opposite side, "PAT'D 12-113-10, 7-29-13 - 11-2-15, 12-24-18 & PAT'S PEND.", "OUTSIDE MEASURE", "N.Y.C. APPRD", "X - 4"
- disposition
- stayed with Reed Street house 2022
- category
- shoptools
- family_branch
- Ferslev
- provenance
- workshop of Niels Ferslev, then workshop of Alton Cardinal, then workshop of Peter Cardinal
- condition
- blade worn, handle very good
- disposition
- stayed with Reed Street house 2022
- category
- household
- family_branch
- Cardinal_Gilbert
- provenance
- owned by Gilbert Cardinal and retained by the family
- note
- large size 1 dollar silver certificate, 1923, M19174682B
- notebook_reference
-
OldThings.html#billfold
Billfold and $1 Bill
Owned by Gilbert H. Cardinal. [Large size bill; 1923 silver certificate.]
- disposition
- currently owned, kept with important papers
- category
- household
- family_branch
- Cardinal_Gilbert
- provenance
- used by Gilbert Cardinal during Spanish American War
- note
- Gilbert saw little action, military or otherwise
- notebook_reference
-
OldThings.html#diary
Diary
Gilbert H. Cardinal
Mostly during War with Spain (1898). He served in Porto Rica [sic].)
- disposition
- sold 2005 $37.50 with related items
- category
- officetools
- family_branch
- Cardinal_Alton
- provenence
- purchased by Alton Cardinal possibly around 1933, household of Alton Cardinal, then household of Peter Cardinal
- note
- marked "Alton Cardinal Green Bay, Wis." in calligraphy on case
- maker_mark
- "K&ECO" on case, "Keuffel & Esser Co." "N.Y." "Pat. 1,875,927" "Made in U.S.A." and "<40970>"
- condition
- good
- disposition
- currently owned as of January 2018
- category
- fieldtools
- family_branch
- Cardinal_Gilbert
- provenance
- tools of Gilbert Cardinal prior to 1920, then tools of Alton Cardinal, then tools of Peter 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
- category
- shoptools
- family_branch
- Cardinal_Alton
- provenance
- unknown; property of Alton Cardinal, then shop of Peter Cardinal
- note
- marked "Alty"
- disposition
- currently owned as of January 2014
