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Wooden bookends
(no photo)
category
household
family_branch
Cardinal_Alton_Beatrice
provenance
built by Alton Cardinal 1928-1929
notebook_reference
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
unknown
note
stylized "ALC" initials inlaid on each piece
Perfume bottle
20140626_0052
category
household
family_branch
Cardinal_Alton_Beatrice
provenance
origin unknown, household of Beatrice Cardinal prior to 1955, then household of Peter Cardinal
maker_mark
"L. 1000-", "PAULY & C.", (handwritten) "[7?]104", (stamped) "57395"
disposition
currently owned as of June 2014
20140626_0053 20140626_0057 20140626_0058
Shaving mug
(no photo)
category
household
family_branch
Ferslev
provenance
household of Niels Ferslev
notebook_reference
OldThings.html#shaving_mug

Silver Shaving Mug

Niels L. Ferslev

Mug contained bar soap: add water, work up lather with shaving brush. When finished, dump water, leaving soap.

disposition
unknown
Carved wooden bowl with carved wooden plums and grapes
20140125_4717
category
art
family_branch
Cardinal_Alton
provenance
made by Alton Cardinal for Beatrice Cardinal, date unknown
note
probably dated by artist but mark is no longer readable, see also pear and apple
disposition
given to Carol Anne Grady 2005
20140125_4719 20140125_4720 20140125_4721 20140125_4722
Carved wooden pear
20140125_4726
category
art
family_branch
Cardinal_Alton
provenance
made by Alton Cardinal for Beatrice Cardinal, date unknown
note
displayed with wooden plums and wooden fruit bowl
disposition
given to Carol Anne Grady 2005
20140125_4727 20140125_4731
Wall sconce
20140129_0002
category
art
family_branch
Cardinal_Alton
provenance
made by Alton Cardinal for Peter Cardinal in 1978
note
engraved with Christian symbols (cross, triangle, dove, and fish)
maker_mark
"ALC", "'78"
condition
excellent
disposition
currently owned as of January 2014
20140128_0039 20140128_0040 20140128_0041
Flooring rule
20140114_0007
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
20140112_0021 20140112_0022 20140112_0023 20140112_0024 20140114_0005 20140112_0025
Bedroom set dresser
20140103_0009
category
household
family_branch
Cardinal_Gilbert
provenance
household of Gilbert and Lillie Cardinal from 1901, then household of Alton Cardinal, then household of Peter Cardinal
notebook_reference
OldThings.html#bedroom

Bedroom Set

The set – bed, dresser, comode – was new when my parents (Gilbert and Lillie Cardinal) were married in 1901. The bed no longer exists. The set is made of cherry wood. The dresser originally had a mirror in a frame so that the mirror could be tilted. My mother removed the frame and hung the mirror on the wall in the 1920's. The frame is gone, but the mirror was left in attic at 132 S. Oneida St. until Carl Sippel gave it to me in 1985. The bevel-edge mirror has a broken-out section which my mother concealled with picture post cards.

disposition
currently owned as of January 2014
20140108_0063 20140108_0064
Dagger
20140106_0015
category
household
family_branch
Cardinal_Gilbert
provenance
reputedly taken from dead confederate soldier by Joseph Cardinal during the Civil War, later household of Alton Cardinal, then household of Peter Cardinal
notebook_reference
OldThings.html#dagger

Dagger – Civil War

Taken from the body of a Confederate soldier (killed in action) by Joseph Cardinal (soldier in Union cavalry).

disposition
currently owned as of January 2014
20140106_0016 20140106_0017
Comode
(no photo)
category
household
family_branch
Cardinal_Gilbert
provenance
household of Mary Ann Johnston Cardinal until 1913, then household of Gilbert and Lillie Cardinal, then household of Alton Cardinal
notebook_reference
OldThings.html#comode

Comode

This piece of furniture was my Grandmother Cardinal's. I don't know its previous history, but she gave up house keeping in 1913, so it must have been old then. It was a dark stained finish, painted white in the 1920's for use in our bath room. One of the towel rack bars was broken as early as I remember and has been removed.

disposition
unknown, probably sold 2005 $85
Pitch fork
20140109_0036
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
20140109_0037 20140109_0038 20140109_0039

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