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- category
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household
- family_branch
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Cardinal_Alton_Beatrice
- provenance
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found in house in Indian Prairie, Washington, in 1915, then in possession of Alton Cardinal and household of Alton and Beatrice Cardinal until 2007
- notebook_reference
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OldThings.html#threadbox
Thread Box
This is the sort of box commonly used in
stores which sold spools of thread during
the nineteenth century.
This particular box was left by former
owners in a ranch house (the Taft house)
we moved into when I was about two years
old (1915). It was used by me to keep
small toys. The ranch was located at
Indian Prairie, near Spokane, Washington.
A penciled note on the back of the lower
drawer reads: Save this box for Mrs.
Taft if empty any time in 11/17/1891.
I removed the old finish, made a new front
for the lower drawer of red oak, turned
and painted wooden knobs for the lower
drawer to match the original black Bakelite
knobs on the upper drawer, and applied
clear finish.
The box has been used by my wife, Bea,
as a jewelry box.
- disposition
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given to Carol Anne Grady 2007
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| Toy farm tractor |
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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 and combine
- disposition
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given to Carol Anne Grady, discarded due ot sharp edges after being broken
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| Kodak camera |
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- category
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household
- family_branch
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Cardinal_Alton_Beatrice
- provenence
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household of Alton Cardinal (probably middle 1930s), then Alton and Beatrice Cardinal, then Peter Cardinal (1963)
- note
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uses size 610 roll film
- disposition
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sold 2005
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| Cream and sugar set |
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- category
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household
- family_branch
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Ferslev
- provenance
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unknown, thought to have been in household of Lucy Doty Jeffcott, then household of Clara Jeffcott Ferslev, later household of Carol Anne Grady
- note
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scene of renaissance gentlemen on one side each
- maker_mark
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"Royal Bayreuth", knight's helmet between pair of crowned lions with shields "P" and "T", scroll "PRIV. 1794", "BAVARIA"
- condition
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excellent
- disposition
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owned by Carol Anne Grady as of January 2014
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| Dagger |
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- category
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household
- family_branch
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Cardinal_Gilbert
- provenance
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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
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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
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currently owned as of January 2014
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| Child's play dishes |
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- category
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household
- family_branch
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Cardinal_Gilbert
- provenance
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origin unknown, property of Lillie Strahl Cardinal, then household of Alton Cardinal
- notebook_reference
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OldThings.html#dishes
Child's Dishes
This set of china is a small tea set for
children to play with. There are also two
pewter castors.
These items belonged to my mother, Lillie
Strahl Cardinal, and date back to her
childhood in the 1880's. I do not know
exactly how or when she got them, but
they were among her prized possessions.
- disposition
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unknown
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| 3-prong fork |
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- category
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household
- family_branch
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Cardinal_Gilbert
- provenance
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unknown, believed to have been from household of Lillie and Gilbert Cardinal, then household of Alton Cardinal, then household of Peter Cardinal
- note
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used as a gardening/potting fork
- condition
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very good, rusting, one tine lost small part at tip
- disposition
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owned as of July 2016
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| Pitch fork |
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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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| Glass apple |
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- category
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household
- family_branch
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Cardinal_Peter
- provenance
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given to Peter Cardinal by Joan Jones in Madison, Wisconsin, in the summer of 1983 as "an apple for the teacher"
- maker_mark
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Shari B[y]ush '81
- disposition
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currently owned as of January 2014
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| Drill bits for brace |
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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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auger bits (6/16, 8/16, and 10/16in), countersink bit, twist bit (1/4in)
- notebook_reference
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OldThings.html#shop_tools_2
- disposition
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currently owned as of January 2014
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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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