The Material Legacy

Pickax
	category fieldtools family_branch Cardinal_Alton Provenance unknown origin, tools of Alton Cardinal, then tools of Peter Cardinal maker_mark C[I ...] OSHKOSH disposition currently owned as of January 2014
Hoe
	category fieldtools family_branch Cardinal_Alton provenence origin unknown, garden tools of Alton Cardinal, then Peter Cardinal note normal hoe reshaped by wear and filing by Alton Cardinal over decades of use disposition currently owned as of August 2014
Bowl
	category household family_branch Cardinal_Alton_Beatrice provenance purchased for Peter Cardinal (possibly by Niels and Clara Ferslev?), used by Peter in household of Alton and Beatrice Cardinal, then household of Peter Cardinal note original set included mug, now lost maker_mark "P[O ...] [...I]L", "[...]OX" "M[ADE IN] CALIFORNIA", "9" (or perhaps "6"?) condition excellent disposition currently owned as of January 2014
Perfume bottle
	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
18th century gentleman figurine
	category household family_branch Ferslev provenance household of Niels and Clara Ferslev from prior to 1955, then household of Beatrice Ferslev Cardinal, then household of Peter Cardinal maker_mark GERMA[N]; also an unreadable number disposition currently owned as of January 2014
Whittled ball
	category household family_branch Ferslev provenance whittled by Niels Ferslev prior to 1955 and possibly as early as 1905, household of Niels and Clara Ferslev, then household of Beatrice Ferslev Cardinal, then household of Peter Cardinal note family story is that the ball was whittled while Niels was courting Clara prior to their marriage in 1905 disposition currently owned as of January 2014
Carved wooden bowl with carved wooden plums and grapes
	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
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

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