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1947 Corn Bowl Parade Pioneers Float

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Title
1947 Corn Bowl Parade Pioneers Float
Coverage-Year
1947
Description
A float from Union Auto Insurance, depicting an old covered wagon, pulled by horses, travels in the 1947 Corn Bowl Parade.
Interpretation
The Corn Bowl football game, which started in 1947, coincided with an annual corn festival during which a parade was held. Locals entered floats and trucks into the parade.
Inscription
1947 Corn Bowl Parade. (Pantagraph)
Lesson Plans / Themes
  • How we learn about communities
  • Communities and Geography
  • American Communities in History
Learning Standards
  • 15 Economics
  • 16 History
  • 18 Social systems
Author or Creator
McLean County Historical Society, Bloomington, Ill.  
Other Contributors
Walters, William D, Jr., 1942-  
Resource Type
Still image
Source
  • The Heart of the Cornbelt: An Illustrated History of Corn Farming in McLean County,' by William D. Walters Jr.
  • ISBN 0-943788-15-3 (1997)
Subject / Keywords
  • McLean County, Illinois  
  • Parades & processions  
  • Corn  
  • Horses  
  • Carts & wagons  
  • Floats (Parades)  
  • Football  
Collection Publisher
McLean County Museum of History
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Resource Identifier
  • mch0323
  • IL MCLEAN AGR WAL - Figure 6:16, p. 88
Collection Title
Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)  
Collection
Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)
Title1947 Corn Bowl Parade Pioneers Float
Coverage-Year1947
DescriptionA float from Union Auto Insurance, depicting an old covered wagon, pulled by horses, travels in the 1947 Corn Bowl Parade.
InterpretationThe Corn Bowl football game, which started in 1947, coincided with an annual corn festival during which a parade was held. Locals entered floats and trucks into the parade.
Inscription1947 Corn Bowl Parade. (Pantagraph)
Lesson Plans / Themes
  • How we learn about communities
  • Communities and Geography
  • American Communities in History
Learning Standards
  • 15 Economics
  • 16 History
  • 18 Social systems
Author or CreatorMcLean County Historical Society, Bloomington, Ill.  
Other ContributorsWalters, William D, Jr., 1942-  
Resource TypeStill image
Source
  • The Heart of the Cornbelt: An Illustrated History of Corn Farming in McLean County,' by William D. Walters Jr.
  • ISBN 0-943788-15-3 (1997)
Subject / Keywords
  • McLean County, Illinois  
  • Parades & processions  
  • Corn  
  • Horses  
  • Carts & wagons  
  • Floats (Parades)  
  • Football  
Collection PublisherMcLean County Museum of History
Rights StatementCopyright Not Evaluated
Resource Identifier
  • mch0323
  • IL MCLEAN AGR WAL - Figure 6:16, p. 88
Collection TitleTeaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)  
CollectionTeaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)

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