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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, household of Alton Cardinal, then household of Peter Cardinal
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OldThings.html#desk
Desk
The desk was made by me as a manual
training class project in West High School,
Green Bay, Wisconsin, during the school
year 1928-29, the first year in the new
building. Mr. Leaonard F. Stacker was the
teacher.
The desk has a flat top on tapered legs.
There is one wide drawer. Lumber species
is butternut, stained walnut color.
Dimensions: 29 inches high, 30 inches wide,
and 18 inches deep.
- condition
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excellent
- disposition
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currently owned as of January 2014
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| Desk lamp |
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household
- family_branch
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Cardinal_Alton_Beatrice
- provenance
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purchased for Alton Cardinal 1931, household of Alton Cardinal, then household of Peter Cardinal
- notebook_reference
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OldThings.html#lamp
Desk Lamp
Flexible (goose neck) study lamp was
purchased for my use when I enrolled at
the University of Wisconsin, Madison, in
September 1931. The dark green color was
chosen to harmonize with the green
stained dormitory furniture. For two
school years I lived in Room 202, Tarrant
House, Adams Hall on the university
campus.
The lamp was used by me during four
student years and subsequently in all
the various roominghouses until I entered
the army in March of 1941. After the war
it continued as part of our household,
but was not used so much. During the past
few years it has served as an auxillary
shop light in the basement.
The electrical cord was replaced once.
- condition
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very good
- disposition
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currently owned as of January 2014
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| Toy farm animals |
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- category
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household
- family_branch
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Cardinal_Alton_Beatrice
- provenance
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unknown
- note
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used with toy barn
- disposition
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given to Carol Anne Grady
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| Oneida-style basket |
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- category
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household
- family_branch
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Cardinal_Alton_Beatrice
- provenance
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made by Peter Cardinal in 1983, household of Alton and Beatrice Cardinal, then household of Peter Cardinal
- note
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made at Asbury Acres Camp while counseling at Iroquois culture program
- disposition
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owned by artist as of June 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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| Corn knife |
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- category
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fieldtools
- family_branch
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Cardinal_Gilbert
- provenance
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tools of Gilbert Cardinal prior to 1920, then tools of Alton Cardinal, then tools of Peter Cardinal
- notebook_reference
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OldThings.html#field_tools
- disposition
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currently owned as of January 2014
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| Slide rule with case |
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- category
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household
- family_branch
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Cardinal_Peter
- provenance
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purchased by Peter Cardinal about 1971 in Naperville IL
- maker_mark
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"Pickett", "All Metal Slide Rules", "Made in U.S.A."
- condition
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excellent
- disposition
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currently owned as of January 2018
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| Compass |
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- category
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fieldtools
- family_branch
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Cardinal_Alton
- provenance
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unknown; property of Alton Cardinal, then Peter Cardinal
- note
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surveyor's compass designed for sighting a bearing (as a circumferentor)
- disposition
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currently owned as of January 2022
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