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The Comet' Airship

Lincoln Beachey

Barn Raising

Clay Pot

Madison' Projectile Points

Grooved axe

Bloomington High School Band

Trapeze artists, Mary & Roy Valentine with Reiner

No. 3 School, Bloomington, Illinois

Bloomington Band - Mardi Gras

Natural History Lesson

Rural Schools - Corn Exhibit

Stoking Engine

German Day Parade, Bloomington, Illinois

Saybrook, Illinois, 1900

Stone Pipe

Iron Hoe

Bloomington Fire Company, Bloomington, Illinois

Iron Arrow Point

Chert knife

Projectile Point

Knife Blade

Cast of 'London Assurance'

McLean County, Illinois, Street Scene

Moses Montefiore Temple, Bloomington, Illinois

Wickizer Bakery, interior

Bloomington, Illinois

Rosencrans School, interior

Carved Bone Hand

Kickapoo Wahkwahpoakuk

Gun Cock

Stone celt (ungrooved axe)

Projectile Point

Late Paleolithic Holcombe Point

Market Street School

Report Card

Twelve-horse Hitch

Plowing

Stubblefield Horse

Reaping Hook or Sickle

The Comet' Airship
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The photos shows the dirigible "The Comet" on top of the Klemm building. It was piloted by Captain George Yager. It was the first controllable aircraft to appear in McLean County.
Lincoln Beachey
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Lincoln Beachey, an early aircraft, is shown at the LeRoy Fair, Illinois. Fairgoers can be seen in the background.
Barn Raising
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)McLean County, Illinois, men pose for a picture during a barn raising.
Clay Pot
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This clay pot was used by the Mississippian Indians. An important use was food storage.
Madison' Projectile Points
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Four small to medium-sized thin triangular arrowheads. The points are usually like isosceles triangles in shape, or more rarely, equilateral triangles.
Grooved axe
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The grooved axe was a tool used by the Archaic Indians. It was made of stone.
Bloomington High School Band
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The members of the Bloomington High School Band pose in full uniform.
Trapeze artists, Mary & Roy Valentine with Reiner
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Valentines and Reiner pose for a publicity photograph. They were famous trapeze artists.
No. 3 School, Bloomington, Illinois
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Number 3 School was a tall brick structure located at Jackson and Mason Streets, Bloomington, Illinois.
Bloomington Band - Mardi Gras
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Bloomington Band Mardi Gras is shown on the east side of the Square. The musicians are in a variety of costumes. Kresge's department store is in the background.
Natural History Lesson
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The students get a natural history lesson from their teacher using a beaver.
Rural Schools - Corn Exhibit
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The corn on the desks was exhibited at The County Teachers' Institute on Dec. 17, 1909. The school was in Normal, Illinois.
Stoking Engine
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Stoking Engine is fighting the Bloomington Fire of 1900.
German Day Parade, Bloomington, Illinois
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A marching band is shown participating in the German Day Parade. The buildings are decorated for the event.
Saybrook, Illinois, 1900
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This photograph shows the snow-covered streets of Saybrook, Illinois, in the winter of 1900.
Stone Pipe
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This stone pipe was used by the Woodland Indians of McLean County, Illinois. It was found in Lawndale Township.
Iron Hoe
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This iron hoe was used by the Kickapoo in the cultivation of food.
Bloomington Fire Company, Bloomington, Illinois
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This photograph shows the Bloomington Fire Company with its equipment. Downtown Bloomington, Illinois, can be seen in the background.
Iron Arrow Point
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The iron point was a trade item obtained from white traders.
Chert knife
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This is a chert knife used by the Archaic Indians. It was found in Bloomington Cemetery.
Projectile Point
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This projectile point was used by the Woodland Indians for hunting. It is rounded at the bottom with no notches.
Knife Blade
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This knife blade was a common tool used by the Kickapoo. It was made of iron.
Cast of 'London Assurance'
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This picture shows the male and female cast members of "London Assurance".
McLean County, Illinois, Street Scene
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This photo shows winter in McLean County, Illinois.
Moses Montefiore Temple, Bloomington, Illinois
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This photo shows a man sitting on the steps of the Moses Montefiore Temple. Muddy streets surround the temple.
Wickizer Bakery, interior
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Breads and rolls fill the counter of the Wickizer Bakery, which was at 603 N. Main, Bloomington, Illinois.
Bloomington, Illinois
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The photo shows South Center Street in Bloomington, Illinois, around 1857. Shops, sidewalks, livestock, etc. are all visible.
Rosencrans School, interior
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The interior of the Rosencrans School, Illinois, is decorated with pictures and paper chains. The children and their teacher are seated at their desks.
Carved Bone Hand
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This carved bone hand was used in glove-making. Glove-making was one of the early cottage industries of pioneer Illinois.
Kickapoo Wahkwahpoakuk
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Wahkwahpoakuk was a Kickapoo Indian who lived on the Kickapoo reservation in Kansas. He was photographed by Milo Custer who visited there between 1906 and 1911.
Gun Cock
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This iron gun cock was obtained by the Kickapoo from white traders.
Stone celt (ungrooved axe)
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This is an ungrooved axe made of stone. It was used by the Woodland Indians. They often used them for girdling trees.
Projectile Point
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This projectile point is light in color. It is notched near the base. It was used by Woodland Indians for hunting.
Late Paleolithic Holcombe Point
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Late Paleolithic Holcombe projectile point found in Dale Township.
Market Street School
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The children and teacher of Market Street School pose in front of their schoolhouse.
Report Card
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This is an 1886 Report Card from the Bloomington Public Schools. It belonged to Fanny Perry.
Twelve-horse Hitch
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This photo shows a 12-horse hitch being used to plow a field in McLean County, Illinois.
Plowing
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Two men and their horses plow fields near Bloomington, Illinois.
Stubblefield Horse
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A Percheron horse stands in the foreground of the Stubblefield Stables. A lot of farm work was carried out with the help of Percheron or Norman horses, which were bred and sold in Normal, Illinois.
Reaping Hook or Sickle
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The sickle was used to cut the grain during the harvesting process. It was then threshed with a wooden flail and cleaned by tossing it into the air with a fork.

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