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Toy farm animals
20140125_4755
category
household
family_branch
Cardinal_Alton_Beatrice
provenance
unknown
note
used with toy barn
disposition
given to Carol Anne Grady
20140125_4754
Key padlock
20140809_0001
category
household
family_branch
Cardinal_Alton_Beatrice
provenance
unknown, then household of Alton and Beatrice Cardinal, then household of Peter Cardinal
maker_mark
(front) "REESE", (back) "REESE PADLOCK CO. / LANCASTER, PA. / U.S.A."
disposition
currently owned as of August 2014
20140809_0002
Kodak camera
(no photo)
category
household
family_branch
Cardinal_Alton_Beatrice
provenence
household of Alton Cardinal (probably middle 1930s), then Alton and Beatrice Cardinal, then Peter Cardinal (1963)
note
uses size 610 roll film
disposition
sold 2005
Child's green chair
20140107_4622
category
household
family_branch
Ferslev
provenance
purchased by Niels and Clara Ferslev in 1919 for their daughter Beatrice
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
given to Carol Anne Grady 2007
20140107_4624 20140107_4625
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
20140124_4703 20140124_4704 20140124_4705 20140124_4706 20140124_4707
Short-handled shovel
20140109_0031
category
fieldtools
family_branch
Cardinal_Gilbert
provenance
Chicago and North Western Railroad until discarded in 1920s, then tools of Gilbert Cardinal, then tools of Alton Cardinal, then tools of Peter Cardinal
note
"C&NW" stamped into wood on handle below handgrip
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)
maker_mark
SOLID STEEL 2
disposition
currently owned as of May 2024
20140109_0032 20140109_0033 20140109_0034 20140109_0035 20240527_0231 20240527_0232 20240527_0233
Buck saw
(no photo)
category
fieldtools
family_branch
Cardinal_Gilbert
provenance
tools of Gilbert Cardinal prior to 1920, then tools of Alton Cardinal
notebook_reference
OldThings.html#field_tools
[text shown above]
disposition
unknown, may have been stolen winter 1992 from cabin at woods
(no photo)
Drawing of the Board of The Pivot Rock Fund
20200120_1077
category
household
family_branch
Cardinal_Peter
provenence
created by Craig Knitt in January, 2020; given to Peter Cardinal
maker_mark
artist's signature "CKnitt"
condition
new
disposition
currently owned as of January 2020
20200120_1076 20200120_1075
Carpenter hammer
20140108_0010
category
shoptools
family_branch
Cardinal_Alton
provenance
acquired by Alton Cardinal between 1927 and 1931, later workshop of Peter Cardinal
note
marked "Alty"
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
condition
very good
disposition
currently owned as of January 2014
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Chalk line
20140112_0027
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
20140112_0026

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