The Material Legacy

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Category: RANDOM — Family Branch: RANDOM
Block plane
20140108_0060
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
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″)
disposition
stayed with Reed Street house 2022
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Pitcher
20140126_4799
category
household
family_branch
Cardinal_Alton_Beatrice
provenance
unknown origin, household of Alton and Beatrice Cardinal, then household of Carol Anne Grady
note
used regularly for milk at Cardinal family meals since early 1950s
condition
good, small chip right interior of spout
maker_mark
"HALL'S SUPERIOR QUALITY KITCHENWARE", "MADE IN U. S. A."
disposition
given to Carol Anne Grady 2005
20140126_4801 20140126_4802
Oneida-style basket
20140626_0048
category
household
family_branch
Cardinal_Alton_Beatrice
provenance
made by Peter Cardinal in 1983, household of Alton and Beatrice Cardinal, then household of Peter Cardinal
note
made at Asbury Acres Camp while counseling at Iroquois culture program
disposition
owned by artist as of June 2014
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Cup and saucer
(no photo)
category
household
family_branch
Ferslev
provenance
unknown
notebook_reference
OldThings.html#cup_saucer

Cup and Saucer

Bought and given to his mother by Niels L. Ferslev in Denmark before 1890. [Schliesvig-Holstien]

disposition
unknown
Inlay nativity scene
20140124_4702
category
art
family_branch
Cardinal_Alton
provenance
made by Alton Cardinal for Beatrice Cardinal in 1984
maker_mark
autograph notations by artist "1984", "ALC", "Cedar and Balsa"
disposition
given to Carol Anne Grady 2005
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Child's red chair
20140103_0040
category
household
family_branch
Cardinal_Gilbert
provenance
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
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
currently owned as of January 2014
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Child's play dishes
(no photo)
category
household
family_branch
Cardinal_Gilbert
provenance
origin unknown, property of Lillie Strahl Cardinal, then household of Alton Cardinal
notebook_reference
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
unknown
Spanish American War diary
(no photo)
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 $8
Spanish American War uniform
(no photo)
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
[text shown above]
disposition
sold 2005 $37.50 with related items
Hay rake
(no photo)
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
Bookshelves
20140112_0013
category
household
family_branch
Cardinal_Peter
provenance
made by Alton Cardinal around 1980 for Peter Cardinal
note
set of 3, oak, design by Peter Cardinal, construction by Alton Cardinal
disposition
currently owned as of January 2014
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