Old Things

The Material Legacy

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Category: RANDOM — Family Branch: RANDOM

Glass desert tray with side handles
	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

Snowshoes, cross-country style
	category household family_branch Cardinal_Alton_Beatrice provenance household of Alton and Beatrice Cardinal, purchased early 1960s note note lacing through the frames note AF&H was American Hoe and Fork maker_mark "[AF]H CO WALLINGFORD VT US" condition excellent disposition currently owned as of July 2016

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

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

Drafting board
	category officetools family_branch Cardinal_Alton provenance purchased by Alton Cardinal probably about 1933, household of Alton Cardinal, then household of Peter Cardinal note marked "ALTON CARDINAL" in ink on surface condition good disposition currently owned as of June 2014

Corn knife
	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 currently owned as of January 2014

Slide rule
	category household family_branch Cardinal_Peter provenance purchased by Peter Cardinal middle to late 1960s maker_mark "NO. 587", "Sterling Slide Rule", "Made in U.S.A." note reversible slide with additional scales note marked "Peter Cardinal" on reverse condition excellent disposition currently owned as of January 2018

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

Glass desert tray with side handles

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

Snowshoes, cross-country style

category: household
family_branch: Cardinal_Alton_Beatrice
provenance: household of Alton and Beatrice Cardinal, purchased early 1960s
note: note lacing through the frames
note: AF&H was American Hoe and Fork
maker_mark: "[AF]H CO WALLINGFORD VT US"
condition: excellent
disposition: currently owned as of July 2016

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

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

Drafting board

category: officetools
family_branch: Cardinal_Alton
provenance: purchased by Alton Cardinal probably about 1933, household of Alton Cardinal, then household of Peter Cardinal
note: marked "ALTON CARDINAL" in ink on surface
condition: good
disposition: currently owned as of June 2014

Corn knife

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.