Don Jansen Cutting Grain on Luverne's Old Combine

 

Don Jansen working on the Liffengren Farm, near Murdo, SD. This appears to be a 1959 Massey-Harris 82 Combine. From Don

"I think that was the summer of 1969 - the first summer I worked for Luverne. That combine was owned by Luverne and Raymond Boe. Actually I think Luverne paid for it and Raymond kept it running. And then I think Luverne just ended up giving it to him and buying that Gleaner that I drove all the other years I worked for him. And again in 1980, I was traveling around and managed to get in on that summer’s harvest. The only time I combined wheat that I’d planted because I was there the previous Sept. when Luverne had his bypass surgery. Usually, I was back in school by the time the winter wheat was planted. I think that shirt I have on you [Doug] gave me. It was a Tech PE tee shirt."

I drove that combine in 1964 and 1965.  As I remember it, Luverne and Raymond bought two very old and decripit Massey Combines.  Only those two were good enough mechanics to keep them running.  It took an amazing amount of grease to lubricate the beast in many, many zerks. You had to shoot grease into each zerk every morning.

Many other farmers used custom combiners to cut their grain. The combiners had modern equipment, and started in Texas and Oklahoma, worked there way north as the grain harvested, and some went all the way to Canada.

New combines cost a great deal of money. Luverne and Raymond saved a lot of money by cutting their grain themselves with that old combine. Of course there was always a chance that the crop could get hailed out (destroyed) before you could harvest it.

Harvest was a fun time and you could see the payout as the grain was harvested.  Harvesting meant very long days seven days a week until the grain was all harvested.

I loved working with Luverne, and felt that I had grown up after I worked there those two summers. Gen and Luverne were super people and I really enjoyed those summers.

Craig Hullinger

What is the proper name for a grease zerk?

Grease fittings (also known as Zerk fittings or grease nipples) are permanently installed on mechanical systems and bearings to provide lubrication points for feeding lubricants to the systems or bearings without overflow or leaks.

Liffengren Memories

Liffengren Farm in Bagn, Norway

We will collect information about our Liffengren heritage on this site. We encourage anyone who is related to Ole and Barbo Trondrud Liffengen to write their memories - of yourselves or your parents or grandparents. Send them to us or write in the link below and we will place them on this blog. Information about the people who married Liffengrens is also welcome. You can see some of the information below:

Ole and Barbo Liffengren - Our first immigrants from Norway

Tronrud and Erstabraaten by Olga Liffengren Fouss

Barbo and Ole Liffengren by Louise Liffengren Hullinger

Helmer and Edna Anderson Liffengren

Photos of our Norwegian communities 

Luverne and Genevie Liffengren

Liffengren Genealogy

Stories and Memories by Louise Liffengren Hullinger

Video Memories Louise Liffengren and Clif Hullinger

Photos of Luverne and Genevie Liffengren

Art and Ida Jansen

The Prairie Fire - Helmer Liffengren

Norwegian heritage of Edna Anderson Liffengren viknorway.blogspot.com 

Liffengren Model A

Click To Write Your Memories Here

Or email your Liffengren memories to craighullinger@gmail.com (son of Louise Liffengren Hullinger, grandson of Helmer and Edna Anderson Liffengren, and great grandson of Ole and Barbo Tronrud Liffengren), and I will add them to this blog. And send me any corrections to the information that we have posted here. Thankyou.

Helmer Liffengren and John F Hullinger Leaving For Military Service in WWI

Stave Church in Reingly, the Birthplace of Barbo Liffengren, above Bagn, the birthplace of Ole Liffengren.

 

Luverne and Genevie Liffengren Photos

These photos were taken by Luverne and Genevie Liffengren. Doug Jansen scanned them in 2023. 

Luverne and Genevive Liffengren Photos

These are scans of the negatives rescued from the Liffengren farmhouse just before it was sold. Each envelope contained the negatives, usually from one roll of film. Envelopes were numbered arbitrarily as they were pulled out of a shoebox at random. Descriptions should be coming. For now, just enjoy looking at these photos amassed by the Liffengren family and now brought to light. About one envelope a day will be added to the list, so check back.

Env.	Date	Location	Event (or people)
Env 01
Env 02
Env 03
Env 04
Env 05
Env 06
Env 07
Env 08
Env 09
Env 10
Env 11		Murdo, SD	Kinsley Anniversary (continued from Env 19). Murdo, SD. Farm scenery, Liffengren home with Jacki & Mike and Aaron Gamet and Doug and Don Jansen. Joyce's 40th Wedding Anniversary.
Env 12
Env 13		San Francisco, California.	Twin Peaks, Japanese Tea Garden, Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. Lindsay and Luverne Liffengren. Redwood Sequoia.
Env 14	1984	Pasedena, CA.	1984. Pasadena, 95th Annual Tournament of Roses Parade (middle. Env 17, 14, 16 in order).
Env 15	1986? Fall, Winter	San Francisco. Murdo, SD.	Maybe Fall, 1986. Parade (maybe Founder's Day?) Fall colors in the Liffengren family home yard. San Francisco. Jodee L.
Env 16	1984 01 01	California, USA	1984. Pasadena, 95th Annual Tournament of Roses Parade (End. Env 17, 14, 16 in order). Queen Mary Hotel. Sea World, San Diego.
Env 17	1984 01 01	California, USA	Crystal Cathederal in Garden Grove, CA.  95th annual rose bowl parade in Pasedena (beginning. Env 17, 14, 16 in order). Jodee, Lindsay, Luverne and Genevie Liffengren.
Env 18		Wyoming. Liffengren farm Murdo, SD.	Grand Teton National Park. Cat on the farm lawn. A party of some sort.
Env 19	July 4th		Kinsley 40th Anniversary. Fireworks. Aaron Gamet. A nice car.
Env 20			This is a continuation from the photos in Envelope 11. Joyce’s 40th Anniversary photos.
Env 21		Liffengren farm, Murdo, SD	Liffengren Farm, Gen’s garden. Jodee Liffengren in a tree.
Env 22			Jodee participating with a group of girls in a church function. An unknown couple with their 2 kids. Lindsay Liffengren with a cat.
Env 23		Murdo, SD, Keystone, SD	Jodee's Prom, Maude's BD, Wesley Mann's Anniversary, Liffengren Siblings reunion in the Black Hills.
Env 24		San Diego, CA. Murdo, SD	Visiting SeaWorld in San Diego. The Farm in Murdo. Jodee and Lindsay Liffengren with cats and cows.
Env 25		Murdo Farm, SD	Photos of Jodee posing with a blossoming tree in the Murdo house lawn. A nice shot, from the front yard, of a rainbow.
Env 26		Montana	Yellowstone Park with Jodee, Lindsay, Gen & Luverne Liffengren.
Env 27		Farm	Lindsay and Jodee with sheep. Lindsay with cake.
Env 28	December	Farm	Christmas. Wesley Mann family. Jodee & Lindsay Liffengren. Cows. A cat in a haystack.
Env 29	Winter ?	Farm	Size 127 film. B/W. On the farm with Art and Ida Jansen. Jodee and Lindsay Liffengren.  Playing on the frozen dam.
Env 30		Farm	Jodee’s room, landscaping, Art & Ida Jansen
Env 31	1983 05	Farm and ?	Founders” Parade? Doug, Hari, Sarma, Liffengrens, raccoon,
Env 32	?	?	Kristie’s wedding, Kinsley anniversary, Marty wedding
Env 33	1982 11	Pearl Harbor, Hawaii	WWII sites. ​​Oahu, Kauai and Maui. There was a hurricane named Iwa
Env 34	Spring 1982		Lindsay’s Sr Play, Jodee’s Confirmation, cows, Prom
Env 35	1981 12	Liffengren House	Christmas (many negatives missing)
Env 36	1982 12	Hawaii	Liffengrens, lots of scenery, and of course cows
Env 37	1982 12	Hawaii	Scenery
Env 38	1982 12	Hawaii, Farm	Hawaii cemetery, Farm, Christmas with Jansens, Hullingers, Gamets, Cartneys, Manns
Env 39	1982 12	Hawaii	Dole plantation, river cruise, scenery
Env 40	1982 12	Hawaii	Beginning trip, LIffengrens & Manns, Various locations
Env 41	1982 12	Hawaii	More Hawai, Same trip as the preceding 5 envelopes
Env 42	1990 10	Washington DC	Luverne & Lindsay tourist sites and nice fall scenery
Env 43	1990 10	Farm, Washington DC	Shoes?, BD with Jodee & Christopher Liffengren, Beginning of DC trip, Lindsay at the White House and other locations
Env 44			Bus Tour
Env 45		Catalina Island California, Oregon	Some nice gardens, a board of family photos and Luverne with 3 old people.
Env 46		Southern CA	Bus tour to San Diego Zoo?, Oasis Date Garden Thermal CA, Rose Bowl Pasedena CA, various orchards and farms
Env 47		Central CA	Appears to be a tour of San Francisco including a Roaring Camp Train ride through the Redwoods.
Env 48		Central CA	Bus Tour of Napa Valley wineries ending at Golden Gate.
Env 49		San Diego CA	A tour of the San Diego Wild Animal Park
Env 50	1991?	Ventura CA, Farm	An old people tour and then Easter at the Farm.
Env 51	1987?	Chicago	A celebration with cakes, Liffengren reunion at Craig Hullinger’s house, Liffengrens, Jansens and Hullingers
Env 52		Farm, Black Hills	Gen’s beautiful lawn and garden, Black Hills scenes, Jodee and Christopher Liffengren on the deck.
Env 53	1989 10	Chicago, Farm	Craig Hullinger in uniform. Wedding guests ready to leave Chicago. Somebody’s flowers and a house in the winter.
Env 54	1989	Draper Cemetery?, Murdo Senior Center? Farm	Uncle Johnny (?) turns 80 and a visit to the (Draper?) cemetery (Memorial Day?). Gen’s Garden and Christopher Liffengren.
Env 55		Farm, Waterton Lake, US Canada border.	Gen Liffengren’s fantastic garden. Trip to Canadian border glacier, Boat tour of Waterton Lake.
Env 56	1989 10	Farm, Chicago	Chistopher’s 3rd BD. Craig Hullinger in uniform. Scott and Barb Hullinger’s wedding
Env 57		Pike’s Peak, CO	Jodee and Lindsay Liffengren take a train up Pike’s Peak
Env 58	1986 12 20		Matthew and Ursula’s Wedding, Jodee & Christopher Liffengren
Env 59	1986 10-12		Christopher Liffengren’s baptism? Lindsay, Jodee and Gen Liffengren. Jacki (Jansen). Hot Air balloons. Florence’s 90th BD.
Env 60	1989	Port Angeles, WA. Victoria BC Canada	Olympic National Park. The Butchart Gardens.
Env 61		New Orleans, Alabama	Jackson Brewery, Delchamps Gallery Of Boehm Porcelain
Env 62		Georgia	DeepSouth Bus Tour. Luverne & Gen Liffengren.
Env 63		Louisiana	New Orleans. Riverboat tour. Greenwood Plantation,
Env 64		Florida, Georgia	Deepsouth Bus Tour to Miami and Plains, Georgia.
Env 65		Florida	More of the Deepsouth Tour starting in Florida with Gen and Luverne Liffengren. Key West. Miami Parrot Farm.
Env 65b		Florida	Deepsouth Tour. Audubon Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary. Luverne Liffengren. Fort Lauderdale Jungle Queen River Cruise.
Env 66		Mr. Rainier, Washington	Box Canyon Bridge Mount Rainier WA
Env 67		Victoria BC, Canada	Butchart Garden. Luverne Liffengren. “Liffengren” house.
Env 68		Farm, Murdo, SD	A zoo. A nice hotel. Lindsay, Jodee and Christopher Liffengren. Anna’s 80th Birthday. Some Photos taken at the farm.
Env 69		Farm, Murdo, SD. Tucson AZ.	Christmas on the farm. Visiting Tucson AZ with Louise Hullinger, Christopher, Jodee, Lindsay and Gen & Luverne Liffengren.
Env 70		Farm, Murdo, SD	These photos feature Christopher Liffengren in the Murdo house with several garden photos.
Env 71	1983 August	Rapid City, SD	Kevin Mudge and Janene Jansen get married. Jodee Liffengren. Jacki (Jansen)
Env 72	1986		This envelope contained negatives that were a part of the roll of film from envelope 59. They have been added to Env 59.
Env 73		Colorado. Murdo, SD	Royal Gorge Bridge, Colorado. Luverne & Gen, Jodee and Lindsay Liffengren. Some deer. Unknown couple with child. Liffengren house, garden and cats.
Env 74		Tennessee	John Cable Grist Mill, Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Appalachian Trail. Luverne Liffengren.
Env 75	1987	Murdo, SD	Baby Christopher and Jodee Liffengren. The family home and Gen’s garden.
Env 76	1987	Murdo, SD	Easter on the farm with Clif Hullinger, Christopher, Jodee, Lindsay and Luverne Liffengren. Beginning construction of the sunroom.
Env 77	1989?	Rapid City, SD	Christopher and Lindsay Liffengren and ducks at Canyon Lake.
Env 78		Washington State	Visiting Lynden, Washington. Luverne Liffengren checking out Log Homes.
Env 79		North Dakota/Canada border. South Dakota	Christopher, Jodee, Lindsay, Luverne Liffengren. Rapid City Airport. International Peace Garden. Turkeys.
Env 80		SD	Prairie scenery. Somebody’s wedding.
Env 81	1986 12	Murdo, SD	Christmas at home in Murdo. Christopher, Jodee, Luverne Liffengren. A continuation of Envelope 58.
Env 82	Christmas 1981 or 1982	Chicago	Visiting Hullingers. Jim & Opal Cartney. Louise & Clif, Neil, Craig and Clint Hullinger, Luverne and Jodee and Lindsay Liffengren.
Env 83	1978 Fall	Black Hills. Murdo, SD. Chicago. Draper, SD.	Jodee, Lindsay, Edna and Luverne & Gen Liffengren, Louise & Clif Hullinger, Wesley Mann family in the Black Hills. Chicago. Liffengren Farm near Murdo, SD. Funeral. Immanuel Church.
Env 84	1979	Missouri River. Murdo, SD. Prairie somewhere in SD.	1979. Lindsay does something and gets acknowledged for it. Cartney's, Jansens and Liffengrens camping at the Missouri River. A wedding.
Env 85	Winter, ?	Murdo, SD	Winter on the Liffengren Farm, Murdo SD. Jodee, Lindsay and Luverne Liffengren. Lots of cows. Luverne’s Birthday.
Env 86	1980	Jackson Hole, WY. Keystone, SD. ?	1980 Trip. Jackson Hole. Pacific Ocean. Jodee’s birthday. Black Hills - Jansen Cabin, Liffengren trailer. Liffengren Sibling reunion at ?.
Env 87	1978 Fall	Murdo SD	Jodee and Lindsay's Birthdays. Jodee and Lindsay Liffengren, Don Jansen. A VW, a dog, some lambs and some cats.
Env 88		South Dakota	Stella's Birthday. Lindsay's Graduation. Liffengren Reunion. Baby. Luverne and Lindsay Liffengren, Jacki, Mike, Scott, Louise, Anne and a lot of people I don't know.
Env 89		South Dakota	Two envelopes inside the main envelope. Adolph Ernst & other people. Celebrations with cakes. Sylvan Lake.  Some mountains and, of course, kittens.
Env 90		Mt. St. Helens WA	Unknown people in the first few photos. Luverne & Gen, Jodee and Lindsay Liffengren. Oscar and Doris Liffengren. Lynden, WA. Mt. St. Helens. Last 4 photos from a different roll of film. Many photos missing.
Env 91		Alberta, Canada	Jody, Lindsay, Gen & Luverne Liffengren. Alberta, Canada. Lake Louise. Gondola. Rogers Pass. Bow Glacier. Banff and Banff National Park.
Env 92			This envelope contained photos that belonged to other envelopes. 8 were added to Env 86. 4 were added to Env 90.
Env 93		Murdo, SD	Jodee and Lindsay Liffengren. Purple flowers in the meadow. Paul & Margie Anderson. Neil, Craig, Scott and Louise Hullinger
Env 94		Murdo, SD	The freshly built Liffengren Farmhouse.
Env 95		Texas. Mexico.	Crockett Project. Gen shopping for sombreros in Mexico. Luverne relaxing on a cruise ship.
Env 96		Murdo, SD. SD I90. Texas	King Ranch in Texas. South Padre Island, TX. Easter at the Farm. Feeding the calf. Driving along I90. Jodee and Christopher, Luverne & Gen Liffengren.
Env 97		Draper, SD.	I’m guessing that these are very old photos taken by Gen when she lived with her parents.
Env 98a	~ 1950	Black Hills, SD. Mt. Rushmore.	These were 120/620 large B/W negatives. OLD! There were many photos in this envelope so I’ve divided it into groups of about 20 each. Some may be a class trip (HS?) to the Black Hills. I'm assuming Genevie Liffengren took these photos and that these are classmates of hers.
Env 98b	~ 1950	Black Hills. Draper, SD	More photos (21-40) from Env 98. Some may be a HS class trip to the Black Hills. I'm assuming Genevie Liffengren took these photos and that these are classmates of hers. I'm guessing these photos were taken around 1950.
Env 98c	~ 1950	Draper, SD	This is the third set (41-60) from this envelope. There seem to be some photos taken at her home and some taken of a church group or function. Some appear to be of her classmates. I'm guessing these photos were taken around 1950.
Env 98d	~ 1950	Rapid City, SD. Black Hills. Draper, SD	These were 120/620 large B/W negatives. This is the fourth set (61-80) from this envelope.  They seem to be photos taken at her home near Draper and some taken of a church group or function. Some appear to be of her classmates on a trip to Rapid City and the Black Hills. I'm guessing these photos were taken around 1950.
Env 98e	~ 1950	Draper, SD. Rapid City, SD	This is the fifth set (81-100) from this envelope. Some photos seem to be at Gen’s home near Draper. Others of her classmates on a trip to Rapid City and the Black Hills. Also several of a coed baseball game. I'm guessing these photos were taken around 1950.
Env 98f	~ 1950	Draper, SD. Rapid City, SD	These were 120/620 large B/W negatives probably taken around 1950. This is the sixth set (101-120) from this envelope. Some seem to be photos taken at Gen's home near Draper. Some appear to be of her classmates on a trip to Rapid City and the Black Hills. Several photos of a family picnic.
Env 98g	~ 1950	Draper, SD.	These were 120/620 large B/W negatives probably taken around 1950. This is the seventh and final set (121-144) from this envelope. Some seem to be photos at Gen's home near Draper. Some appear to be her classmates. Several photos of a gathering at a park and several photos of someone stacking hay.
Env 99	~1950	Draper, SD. Sturgis, SD.	These are 620/120 negatives - the larger b/w negatives. These seem to be a school band bus trip to Sturgis High School with a stop at Mt. Rushmore. Gen appeared to be in the band, but I don't know which instrument she played.
Env 100		Chicago, IL. Murdo, SD.	A botanical garden. A get together at Craig Hullinger's House in University Park, IL. with Luverne & Gen, Neil, Beth & Craig and Louise & Clif. Liffengren place in the winter with Christopher Liffengren.
Env 101		Vancouver Island, BC, Canada. Waterton, Alberta, Canada. Orcas Island WA.	Butchart Gardens, Victoria, BC, Canada. This seems to be the roll of negatives that should come just before Envelope 67. Anne H., Jody, Lindsay and Luverne Liffengren. Orcas Island Ferry between Orcas Island and Buchart Gardens. The last two photos were from slides which were in the same envelope and show the Prince of Wales hotel located in Waterton, Alberta, Canada.
Env 102		Murdo, SD.	If this is Christopher Liffengren in these photos then the year must be 1986. Christmas at the Liffengren home and then a visit to a garden.
Env 103		San Antonio, Texas.	San Antonio Botanical Garden, SeaWorld, the Alamo. Probably the same trip as shown in Env 95 and 96.
Env 104	1973	Rapid City, SD	I believe these are from 1973 as they show an anniversary that would have occurred then. We also have a wedding and photos of Luverne, Lindsay and Jodee Liffengren and the Art Jansen family.
Env 105	1972	Murdo, SD	3 sets in one envelope. One set is Lindsay's 6th Birthday Party with Lindsay, Jodee, Edna Liffengren and Adolph Ernst. This set also has Halloween photos.  Another set (**) is of a group of people on the lawn and includes Genevie & Luverne Liffengren. The last set (***) has farm pictures and one of Jodee.
Env 106	1969	Murdo, SD	1969. A new baby. Jodee Liffengren (born September 9, 1969). Many photos of Jodee and also Lindsay and Genevie Liffengren.
Env 107	1969, 1971	Murdo, SD	Jodee’s 2nd Birthday. Lindsay’s 6th Birthday. With Florence & Adolph Ernst. Two unrelated photos of Don Jansen from 1969.

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More photos. Thanks for sharing them, Lindsay, and thanks for scanning them, Doug.

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Doug, Lindsay, Anne, I would be glad to put the Liffengren photos that you collected and scanned on our blogs. Let me know if that is ok.

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Craig,

I think that would be great. See what Lindsay has to say.

Doug Jansen

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Hi all…

Yes that’s fine.  

Thabks!

Lindsay Liffengren

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