The Material Legacy

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Category: RANDOM — Family Branch: RANDOM
Anvil
20140108_0038
category
shoptools
family_branch
Cardinal_Gilbert
provenance
property of Gilbert Cardinal by 1920, then workshop of Alton Cardinal, then workshop of Peter Cardinal
notebook_reference
OldThings.html#shop_tools_1

Shop Tools

These tools belonged to my father prior to 1920. Some of them came from my grandfather who died in 1913.

  • anvil
  • Cold chisels, punch
  • Rachet brace
  • Ships auger bit
  • Small claw hammer
  • Carpenter's square (2′)
  • Two hand saws (cross cut)
  • Oil stone
  • Block plane
  • Carpenter level (wooden)
  • Carpenter chisel (⅜″)
maker_mark
FISHER
disposition
currently owned as of January 2014
20140108_0039 20140108_0040
Child's silver plate spoon and fork
20140114_0009
category
household
family_branch
Cardinal_Alton_Beatrice
provence
unknown, household of Alton and Beatrice Cardinal prior to 1955, later household of Peter Cardinal
note
original set included a knife, now lost
condition
good except for tarnish
maker_mark
Imperial Silver Plate
disposition
fork and spoon currently owned as of Janary 2014
20140112_0031 20140112_0032 20140114_0010
Silver spoon
20140125_4775
category
household
family_branch
Ferslev
provenance
unknown (1865), Ferslev household, then Grady household
note
engraved in Danish "L Ferslev / D. B. / Ferslev /Order[...] / 1865"
disposition
owned by Carol Anne Grady as of January 2014
20140125_4776 20140125_4780 20140125_4781 20140125_4782
(no photo)
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
Child's rocker
20140107_4600
category
household
family_branch
Cardinal_Gilbert
provenance
household of Eva Cady Robinson, then household of Gilbert and Lillie Cardinal, then household of Alton and Beatrice Cardinal, then household of Carol Anne Grady
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_4601 20140107_4602 20140107_4605
Slide rule with case
20190102_0963
category
officetools
family_branch
Cardinal_Alton
provenence
purchased by Alton Cardinal possibly around 1933, household of Alton Cardinal, then household of Peter Cardinal
note
marked "Alton Cardinal Green Bay, Wis." in calligraphy on case
maker_mark
"K&ECO" on case, "Keuffel & Esser Co." "N.Y." "Pat. 1,875,927" "Made in U.S.A." and "<40970>"
condition
good
disposition
currently owned as of January 2018
20190102_0964 20190102_0965 20190102_0966
Screwdriver
20140112_0001
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
excellent
disposition
currently owned as of January 2014
20140112_0002 20140112_0003
Hack saw
20190102_0976
category
shoptools
family_branch
Cardinal_Alton
provenance
unknown; property of Alton Cardinal, then shop of Peter Cardinal
note
marked "Alty"
disposition
currently owned as of January 2014
20190102_0977

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