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Asahel Gridley, businessman, McLean County, Illinois

Beebee's Patent Cure for Balkiness in Horses Advertisement

Chinch Bug

Brown's Corn Planter

Corn Planter Advertisement

Delaware Village in Federal Land Survey

Corn Blotter Advertisement from 1916 Corn Show

Funk Inbreds

Funk Soybean Processing Mill

Giant Ear of Corn from 1915 Festival

Hedged Cornfield about 1925

Feasting on Sweet Corn at the Corn Bowl

Karr Homestead, Bloomington, Illinois

Front of Typical I-House

Laying Tile about 1940

Moving corn from combine to wagon

Richard M. Britt

P.M. Stubblefield Homestead in 1887

Steam Engine in McLean County about 1875

Soybean Chemical Sprayer

Yellow Dent Corn

Melvin Hendricks on Tractor

Block House, Carlock, Illinois

Bringing corn to the elevator in the 1950s

1947 Corn Bowl Parade

Adlai E. Stevenson Farm 46 Report

Advertisement of Detasselers

Archaeologists at Noble-Wieting, Illinois

Early Moldboard Plow

Chisel Plowing

Cattle Crossing Broken Fence

Cooksville, Illinois, Grain Elevator about 1910

Cornbelt Exposition Sign

Corn Husking Contest

Corn Palace at the Bloomington Cornfest

Cultivating Corn

Delivering grain at Shirley elevator

Ethanol advertisement

Eugene Funk

Funk Warehouse

Asahel Gridley, businessman, McLean County, Illinois
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Asahel Gridley, McLean County's first millionaire, had much to say about early farming. Gridley is recognized as one of the first citizens to arrive in Bloomington, Illinois. He arrived there in 1831 and played a role in the founding of the first newspaper and telegraph office. He was a prominent businessman, lawyer and a politician. He was also a friend of Abraham Linco...
Beebee's Patent Cure for Balkiness in Horses Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This is an ad for a patent to prevent balkiness in horses and mules. Balkiness is an unwillingness of the horse to move forward. Horses sometimes become balky due to physical ailments such as sharp teeth, sore feet, a sore back, badly fitting tack or emotional ailments such as fear or stubbornness.
Chinch Bug
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The chinch bug in this drawing -- actual size is 1/16" -- destroyed millions of dollars worth of the corn in the 1930s.
Brown's Corn Planter
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This example of a corn planter shows how two people were required to work the machinery.
Corn Planter Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)An ad for a corn planter with description.
Delaware Village in Federal Land Survey
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Federal Land Surveyors recorded a Delaware village near the Mackinaw River. The area west of the village is where John Thompson planted his first crop in 1829.
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.
Funk Inbreds
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Two men stand by stalks of inbred Funk's corn.
Funk Soybean Processing Mill
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Gene Funk built this soybean processing plant in 1924 in Bloomington, modeled after a mill in Chicago Heights.
Giant Ear of Corn from 1915 Festival
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This giant ear of corn made for the 1915 Bloomington Cornfest is comprised of hundreds of smaller ears of corn.
Hedged Cornfield about 1925
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Behind the hedging is a harvested cornfield with a utility pole and wire running through it. Two barns sit in the background.
Feasting on Sweet Corn at the Corn Bowl
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)During the Corn Bowl, patrons sit at long tables and dine on sweet corn in celebration.
Karr Homestead, Bloomington, Illinois
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Karr homestead near Bloomington, photographed about 1885, shows an example of what pioneer field and fences were like.
Front of Typical I-House
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The front of the Isaac Funk home, and I-house, which was built in 1842.
Laying Tile about 1940
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Workers lay tile in a McLean County field about 1940. A large Buckeye machine is used in the process.
Moving corn from combine to wagon
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A Cat Challenger grain cart and 9600 John Deere tractor harvest corn near Shirley, Illinois, in October 1995.
Richard M. Britt
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Richard M. Britt was an early farmer in Mount Hope Township in McLean County.
P.M. Stubblefield Homestead in 1887
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Phineas M. Stubblefield built this farm and home in 1887.
Steam Engine in McLean County about 1875
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A steam engine in McLean County about 1875.
Soybean Chemical Sprayer
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This chemical sprayer douses soybean plants with insecticides to help crop growth.
Yellow Dent Corn
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Yellow Dent corn was well known to McLean County's earliest white settlers. This is Reid's Yellow Dent, a later development.
Melvin Hendricks on Tractor
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Melvin Hendricks, a farm hand, uses one of the first tractors in McLean County in 1935.
Block House, Carlock, Illinois
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This concrete block home south of Carlock, Illinois, was built around 1900.
Bringing corn to the elevator in the 1950s
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Several full grain trucks line the street on their way to the grain elevator.
1947 Corn Bowl Parade
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A float from the City of Bloomington depicting a mill wheel travels in the 1947 Corn Bowl Parade.
Adlai E. Stevenson Farm 46 Report
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The report from the Adlai E. Stevenson Farm 46 in Heyworth in 1932 shows the number of acres devoted to each crop and their growing condition. Adlai E. Stevenson was a Democratic Party politician and dipolomat. He was elected Governor of Illinois in 1948 by a larger majority than any other candidate in the history of Illinois. He was the Democratic Party's candidate for Pre...
Advertisement of Detasselers
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Advertisement and photograph of detasselers during World War II.
Archaeologists at Noble-Wieting, Illinois
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Illinois State University students study the remains at the Noble-Wieting archaeological site in 1972, a former Indian mound in McLean County. The site is in Heyworth, Illinois.
Early Moldboard Plow
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This early moldboard plow was used to open new land for cornfields in spring.
Chisel Plowing
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A 45 Cat Challenger pulls a Landall plow in a cornfield early in the season.
Cattle Crossing Broken Fence
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This drawing shows how cattle and other livestock would wander beyond farms if proper fencing was not installed.
Cooksville, Illinois, Grain Elevator about 1910
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The farmer's grain elevator sits in Cooksville in 1910.
Cornbelt Exposition Sign
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This sign advertises for the Bloomington Corn Exposition Oct. 16-21, 1939.
Corn Husking Contest
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)An arial photo of a corn husking contest at Funk's Farm with hundreds of spectators.
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.
Cultivating Corn
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A farmer cultivates his field behind two horses in this drawing.
Delivering grain at Shirley elevator
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Darrell Beehn, Jr. delivers grain to the elevator near Shirley, Illinois, in the fall of 1995.
Ethanol advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This advertisement promoting ethanol sits on the fence outside Leo Miller's farm in McLean County.
Eugene Funk
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This is a portrait of Eugene Funk, who began breeding and selling corn seed. He was a noted seedsman who pioneered the use of hybrid corn. He was the son of LaFayette Funk, co-founder and director the Chicago Union Stockyards.
Funk Warehouse
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Ears of corn fill a Funk warehouse in the early 1900s.