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- category
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shoptools
- family_branch
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Cardinal_Gilbert
- provenance
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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
- condition
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usable, main bubble good, wood worn, vertical bubble missing
- disposition
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stayed with Reed Street house 2022
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| Small shovel and rake |
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- category
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fieldtools
- family_branch
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Cardinal_Alton
- provenence
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origin unknown, garden tools of Alton Cardinal, then Peter Cardinal
- note
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believed to have been purchased by Alton Cardinal for his son David around 1952
- disposition
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currently owned as of August 2014
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| Wooden bookends |
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- category
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household
- family_branch
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Cardinal_Alton_Beatrice
- provenance
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built by Alton Cardinal 1928-1929
- notebook_reference
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OldThings.html#bookend
Book Ends
Wooden book ends, also made by me as a
manual training class project at about
the same time, are made of gumwood stained
and varnished. The design represents my
initials – A.L.C.
- disposition
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unknown
- note
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stylized "ALC" initials inlaid on each piece
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| Cup and saucer |
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- category
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household
- family_branch
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Ferslev
- provenance
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unknown
- notebook_reference
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OldThings.html#cup_saucer
Cup and Saucer
Bought and given to his mother by Niels L.
Ferslev in Denmark before 1890.
[Schliesvig-Holstien]
- disposition
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unknown
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| Food chopper #2 |
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- category
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household
- family_branch
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Ferslev
- provenance
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unknown
- maker_mark
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Universal Food Chopper No. 2.; Pat. Oct 12, 1897, April 18, 1899, Re. Sept. 5, 1899; L. F. & C., New Britain, Conn., U. S. A.
- disposition
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currently owned as of January 2014
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| Child's green chair |
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- category
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household
- family_branch
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Ferslev
- provenance
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purchased by Niels and Clara Ferslev in 1919 for their daughter Beatrice
- notebook_reference
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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
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given to Carol Anne Grady 2007
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| Short-handled shovel |
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- category
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fieldtools
- family_branch
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Cardinal_Gilbert
- provenance
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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
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"C&NW" stamped into wood on handle below handgrip
- notebook_reference
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OldThings.html#field_tools
- maker_mark
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SOLID STEEL 2
- disposition
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currently owned as of May 2024
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| Try square |
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- category
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shoptools
- family_branch
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Cardinal_Alton
- provenance
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acquired by Alton Cardinal between 1927 and 1931, later workshop of Peter Cardinal
- notebook_reference
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OldThings.html#shop_tools_2
- condition
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very good
- disposition
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currently owned as of January 2014
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| Carpenter chisels |
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- category
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shoptools
- family_branch
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Cardinal_Alton
- provenance
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acquired by Alton Cardinal between 1927 and 1931, later workshop of Peter Cardinal
- note
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1/2in and 3/4in, both marked "Alty"
- notebook_reference
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OldThings.html#shop_tools_2
[text shown above]
- condition
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excellent
- disposition
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currently owned as of January 2014
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