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Corn Markers Description

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Title
Corn Markers Description
Coverage-Year
1880~
Description
A printed description of the use of a corn marker, along with a drawing of a corn marker.
Interpretation
Corn markers were used to mark where corn should be planted, so that stalks were not so close together that they would smother each other but not too far apart that they would waste land space.
Inscription
corn markers
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  
Resource Type
Still image
Source
Extra images from 'Just Corn: The Amaizing Story', museum exhibit, 1997
Subject / Keywords
  • Sketches  
  • Runners  
  • Corn markers  
  • Bloomington, Illinois  
  • McLean County, Illinois  
Collection Publisher
McLean County Museum of History
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Resource Identifier
mch0393 - Digital Images Master CD - museum archives
Collection Title
Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)  
Collection
Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)
TitleCorn Markers Description
Coverage-Year1880~
DescriptionA printed description of the use of a corn marker, along with a drawing of a corn marker.
InterpretationCorn markers were used to mark where corn should be planted, so that stalks were not so close together that they would smother each other but not too far apart that they would waste land space.
Inscriptioncorn markers
Lesson Plans / ThemesHow 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  
Resource TypeStill image
SourceExtra images from 'Just Corn: The Amaizing Story', museum exhibit, 1997
Subject / Keywords
  • Sketches  
  • Runners  
  • Corn markers  
  • Bloomington, Illinois  
  • McLean County, Illinois  
Collection PublisherMcLean County Museum of History
Rights StatementCopyright Not Evaluated
Resource Identifiermch0393 - Digital Images Master CD - museum archives
Collection TitleTeaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)  
CollectionTeaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)

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