Funk Brothers Seed Advertisement

Resource Type

image

Coverage / Year

c. 1900

Description

In order to promote their hybrids, Funk Brothers Seed Company advertised their new products. This ad for 90-day corn ran about 1900.

Interpretation

90-Day corn was designed to grow quickly, so farmers could plant it later in the season if early seed failed to grow.

Inscription

Funks 90-day corn ad

Lesson Plans / Themes

How we learn about communities

Learning Standards

Author or Creator

Other Contributors

Source

Extra images from 'Just Corn: The Amaizing Story', museum exhibit, 1997

Subject / Keywords

Collection Publisher

McLean County Museum of History

Rights Management Statement

http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc/conditions.htm
For any further information related to this record, please contact the Collection Publisher. See http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc for more information about this project.

Resource Identifier

mch0401 - Digital Images Master CD - museum archives

Date Created

37410

Resource Type	image
Title	Funk Brothers Seed Advertisement
Coverage / Year	c. 1900
Description	In order to promote their hybrids, Funk Brothers Seed Company advertised their new products. This ad for 90-day corn ran about 1900.
Interpretation	90-Day corn was designed to grow quickly, so farmers could plant it later in the season if early seed failed to grow.
Inscription	Funks 90-day corn ad
Lesson Plans / Themes	How we learn about communities
Learning Standards	18 Social Systems 15 Economics 13 Science, Technology and Society 16 History
Author or Creator	Walters, William D, Jr., 1942- McLean County Historical Society, Bloomington, Ill.
Other Contributors	LaBounty, Bill Koos, Greg, 1949- Hartzold, Susan
Source	Extra images from 'Just Corn: The Amaizing Story', museum exhibit, 1997
Subject / Keywords	Hybrids Corn Seed trade Advertisements Bloomington, Illinois McLean County, Illinois
Collection Publisher	McLean County Museum of History
Rights Management Statement	http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc/conditions.htm For any further information related to this record, please contact the Collection Publisher. See http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc for more information about this project.
Resource Identifier	mch0401 - Digital Images Master CD - museum archives
Date Created	37410

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