Items | Digital Collections at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library

World's Columbian Exposition Fisheries Building
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A black and white photograph of the exterior of the Fisheries Building at the World’s Columbian Exposition in 1893. Source: Arnold, C. D. Collection of Photographs Illustrating the Construction and Progress of the World’s Columbian Exposition. 1893. Dimensions: 10"x13".
1948 Corn Bowl program
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This program for the 1948 Corn Bowl football game in Bloomington pitted the Illinois Wesleyan Titans against the Eastern Illinois Panthers.
Pfister Float in 1947 Corn Bowl Parade
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A Pfister float made of corn cobs travels in the 1947 Corn Bowl parade.
Wm. Deering and Co. Manufacturers of Harvesting Machinery
Multi-Page Item | 23 pages | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Trade catalog from Wm. Deering and Company. Dimensions: 7.5 x 10.25
Swift Illustrated
Multi-Page Item | 16 pages | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Trade catalog from Swift and Company. Dimensions are 4.25" x 6".
World's Columbian Exposition Electricity Building
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A black and white photograph of the interior of the Electricity Building at the World’s Columbian Exposition in 1893. Source: Arnold, C. D. Collection of Photographs Illustrating the Construction and Progress of the World’s Columbian Exposition. 1893. Dimensions: 10"x13".
Men's formal wear
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Drawing, color, pen and ink
Griesheim's Advertisement for Cornfest
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Griesheim's clothing store runs an ad for the Bloomington Cornfest.
Nigerian Drum
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Carved wooden male figure kneels on short disk and supports a cylindrical hollow drum on his head and hands. Large eyes, a wide nose and closed mouth are carved on the face. The figure wears a simple loincloth. The drum is carved with parallel lines around the bottom and near the top, with diagonal lines connecting them. A hide cover is attached over the open top.
Plowing Contest
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This 1914 plowing contest featured tractors that competed as hundreds of spectators watched.
Corn Palace Sketch
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A sketch of the Bloomington Colliseum turned Corn Palace for the annual Cornfest harvest celebration.
Exhibition buildings
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A black and white photograph of the exterior of Machinery Hall at the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893. Source: Arnold, C. D. Collection of Photographs Illustrating the Construction and Progress of the World's Columbian Exposition. 1893. Dimensions: 9"x13".
World's Columbian Exposition Festival Hall
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A black and white photograph of the exterior of the Festival Hall at the World’s Columbian Exposition in 1893. Source: Arnold, C. D. Collection of Photographs Illustrating the Construction and Progress of the World’s Columbian Exposition. 1893. Dimensions: 10"x13".
Cornbelt Exposition Sign
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This sign advertises for the Bloomington Corn Exposition Oct. 16-21, 1939.
Corn Palace at the Bloomington Cornfest
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A Corn Palace was the center of the 1915 Bloomington Cornfest. This photo was taken at night.
Sparkling Sunlight on the Mississippi; Fantaisie de Concert for Pianoforte
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Cover page of sheet music.
Independence Day, 1918
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Black and white photograph, #15938, showing American soldiers and spectators at an Independence Day ball game in London, England, July 4, 1918. Originally released by the Committee for Public Information September 9, 1918.
Cattle wash at Champaign County Fair, 1978
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Cattle wash at Champaign County Fair, 1978
Print, Photographic (threshing scene)
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Threshing scene on the Allen Grant Little farm, Hensley Township, Champaign County, Illinois. Right to left, Allen Grant Little and son Harvey. Charles V. True Jr. (no hat), Wylie True, and Kirker True. A steam thresher hooked to a blower stands in the foreground, on the right-hand side is a single horse buggy next to a wagon. Harvey Little carries a water jug.
Postcard of American troops, Paris, France
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Postcard of American troops parading in Paris on July 4, 1918. The color guard carrying an American flag has just made a left turn. Spectators are on the right side. This card is an American Red Cross Post Card. It was never sent.
World's Columbian Exposition Administration Building
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A black and white photograph of the Administration Building at the World’s Columbian Exposition in 1893. Source: Arnold, C. D. Collection of Photographs Illustrating the Construction and Progress of the World’s Columbian Exposition. 1893. Dimensions: 10"x13".
World's Columbian Exposition Festival Hall
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A black and white photograph of the interior of the World’s Columbian Exposition Festival Hall in 1893. Source: Arnold, C. D. Collection of Photographs Illustrating the Construction and Progress of the World’s Columbian Exposition. 1893. Dimensions: 10"x13".
World’s Columbian Exposition Woman’s Building
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A black and white photograph of the main entrance to the Woman’s Building at the World’s Columbian Exposition in 1893. Source: Arnold, C. D. Collection of Photographs Illustrating the Construction and Progress of the World’s Columbian Exposition. 1893. Dimensions: 10"x13".
World's Columbian Exposition Transportation Building
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A black and white photograph of the exterior of the Transportation Building at the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893. Source: Arnold, C. D. Collection of Photographs Illustrating the Construction and Progress of the World's Columbian Exposition. 1893. Dimensions: 10"x13".
Halloween, Main Street, Urbana, Illinois
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Main Street, Urbana.
Champaign County Fair
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Midway, Champaign County Fair, 1978.
Palace of Fine Arts
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)An oil painting on canvas by Childe Hassam of the Palace of Fine Arts building at the World’s Columbian Exposition held in Chicago in 1893. The painting measures thirty-five inches by forty-one inches.
Shirley Corn and Horse Show
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The entrance to the main tent at the 1912 Shirley Corn and Horse Show was decorated with cornstalks. Hundreds came to celebrate the corn harvest.
Corn Blotter Advertisement from 1916 Corn Show
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A blotter from the 1916 Bloomington Cornfest advertises the Corn Palace.
Patriotic ribbon
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Patriotic ribbon in red, white, and blue. Bow at the top with one white, red, and blue streamer. Red streamer has the following inscription: "July 4th 1908, Daisy Hickman, Gifford, '08".
Centennial Parade, Bloomington, Illinois
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A float travels down the street near the west side of the square. The crowds are watching the Centennial Parade, Bloomington, Illinois.
Print, Photographic (threshing scene)
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Photograph. Threshing scene on the Allen Grant Little farm, Hensley Township, Champaign County, Illinois. Image shows a threshing crew operating a steam thresher attached to a blower. Several full wagons are in the foreground, along with waterbarrels and a water truck.
Mississippi (A Tone Journey); A Descriptive Suite in four movements
Multi-Page Item | 17 pages | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Sheet music containing four movements: 1. Father of Waters 2. Huckleberry Finn 3. Old Creole Days 4. Mardi Gras
World’s Columbian Exposition Mines and Mining Building
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A black and white photograph of the exterior of the Mines and Mining Building at the World’s Columbian Exposition in 1893. Source: Arnold, C. D. Collection of Photographs Illustrating the Construction and Progress of the World’s Columbian Exposition. 1893. Dimensions: 10"x13".
Display of Corn and Signs
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This display of corn and McLean County's growing methods informs visitors of the many techniques used by farmers.
Inside the Shirley Corn Show Tent
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Six women sit atop the stage inside the tent at the Shirley Corn Show. Cornstalks don the stage for decoration.
Corn Dollar Inside 1916 Corn Palace
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The interior of the 1916 Bloomington Corn Palace shows the giant corn dollar on display amongst ears of corn.
Bloomington Corn Palace in 1916
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This sketch of the 1916 Bloomington Corn Palace shows the palace as it was built around the Coliseum.
Sturbridge Commons, Massachusetts
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The commons, an open area of Old Sturbridge Village in Massachusetts, were laid out with buildings grouped around the edges.
Ghana Asipim (Chief's Chair)
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Low chair made of wood with short, straight legs, four stretchers, a straight but slightly angled short back. The top rail of the back rises to a high curve

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