Images: Conant's restoring Pfingsten pictures
A new team of sorrels - Sam and Dewey from about 1898. Most likely Emma Pfingsten in the drivers seat.
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The east field of the Pfingsten Farm home in Schaumburg, early 1900s.
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The Pfingsten Farm barn raising in 1907. Barn raising was a community affair and neighbors would often assist.
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Cow yard on the Pfingsten Farm, taken from the windmill tower early 1900s.
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Repairing the steeple at St. Peters Lutheran Church, Schaumburg. The church was built in 1863, was still in use in 1975.
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Cutting firewood on the Pfingsten Farm in Schaumburg around 1900. The men in foreground are John Lichthardt, Christoffer Fasse, William Pfingsten and Henry Bahe.
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William Pfingsten after retiring from the farm in 1903, purchased the Bartlett Feed and Tumbler Company. They lived in a home north of the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad.
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Pfingsten Farm home in Schaumburg. The house was built in 1864 and the photo was taken in the early 1900s.
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William Pfingsten on the front lawn of the Pfingsten Farm home. Photo was taken before 1900.
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Fred Pfingsten's 1911Cole 30. Optional equipment - windshield, top, side curtains, demountable rims, Prest-O-Lite gas tank instead of carbide for the head lights, taillights used kerosene. Total cost $1800.00.
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View from the north east of the Pfingsten home and farm. This home was built in 1864. The barn was dismantled in 1907.
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