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Walters, William D, Jr., 1942-
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McLean County Historical Society, Bloomington, Ill.
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McLean County, Illinois
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Corn
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Farms
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Farming
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Farmers
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Festivals
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Tiles
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Advertisements
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Railroads
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Tractors
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Barns
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Fencing
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Horses
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Celebrations
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Croplands
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Frontier & pioneer life
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Storage facilities
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Corn cribs
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Dwellings
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Fences
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Seed trade
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Construction
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Drainage
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Football
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Grain elevators
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Harvesting machinery
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Hedges (Plants)
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Plows
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Floats (Parades)
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Harvesting
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Homesteading
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Indians of North America
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Plowing
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Sketches
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Combines (Agricultural machinery)
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Parades & processions
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Silos
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Soybeans
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Swine
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Beans
3
Cartoons (Commentary)
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Cattle
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Concrete
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Corn husking
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Farmhouses
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Funk, Isaac, 1797-1865
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Gables
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Houses
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Kickapoo Nation
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Livestock
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Maps
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Oats
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Ox teams
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Seeds
3
Stores & shops
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Transportation
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Archaeological sites
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Cabins
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Equipment
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Factories
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Farmers' groups
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Fertilizers
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Governors
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Granaries
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Insects
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Kickapoo
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Maize
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Pioneers
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Prairies
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Roofs
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Satires (Visual works)
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Signs (Notices)
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Steam engines
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Stevenson, Adlai Ewing, 1900-1965
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Towanda, Illinois
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Townships
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Trucks
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World War II
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Agricultural facilities
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Agriculture
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Archaeology
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Country life
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Ethanol
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Melvin Hendricks on Tractor
Tile Corn Crib
Display of Corn and Signs
Inside the Shirley Corn Show Tent
William Goodfellow Farm
Husking Corn By Hand
Prairie Breaking
Illinois Central Railroad, Construction
Brown's Corn Planter
Dennis Kenyon Home in the 1970s
1947 Corn Bowl Parade
Corn-Shock Binder
J.J. Ham House and Barn
Corn Crib on Lewis Bohrer Farm
Nelson Jones Home, South of Towanda, Illinois
Testing Seed Germination at Funk Brothers
Cooksville, Illinois, Grain Elevator about 1910
Rear of Typical I-House
Ethanol advertisement
Moving corn to elevator
Corn head on John Deere combine
Funk Soybean Processing Mill
Plowing Contest
Land Use on Adlai E. Stevenson Farm 46 in 1935
1948 Corn Bowl program
Pfister Float in 1947 Corn Bowl Parade
Leo Miller House
Picnic at Funk Farms
Kickapoo Words for the Corn Plant
Concrete Block Barn
Heafer Tile Company in Bloomington
A.E. Swap's Residence and Business, Weston, Illinois
Beebee's Patent Cure for Balkiness in Horses Advertisement
Worm Fence
Corn Plant Drawing
Trimmed Hedge in Old Town Township
Farm 46 in 1997
Naffziger Round Tile Barn
Detasselers During World War II
Flat Bottom Drain Tile
Melvin Hendricks on Tractor
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Melvin Hendricks, a farm hand, uses one of the first tractors in McLean County in 1935.
Tile Corn Crib
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This oval corn crib was built of hollow building tile.
Display of Corn and Signs
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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
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Six women sit atop the stage inside the tent at the Shirley Corn Show. Cornstalks don the stage for decoration.
William Goodfellow Farm
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William Goodfellow built this brick farmhouse in Dale Township.
Husking Corn By Hand
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A migrant worker husks corn by hand in a cornfield in McLean County about 1910.
Prairie Breaking
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This drawing shows a yoke of oxen plowing a field.
Illinois Central Railroad, Construction
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The construction of three railroads in the 1850s, including this picture of the Illinois Central Railroad, altered the relationship of the corn farm with the world outside McLean County, Illinois.
Brown's Corn Planter
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This example of a corn planter shows how two people were required to work the machinery.
Dennis Kenyon Home in the 1970s
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The Dennis Kenyon home in the early 1970s.
1947 Corn Bowl Parade
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A float from the City of Bloomington depicting a mill wheel travels in the 1947 Corn Bowl Parade.
Corn-Shock Binder
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This illustration shows the tools used in binding corn into shocks.
J.J. Ham House and Barn
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An 1887 view of J.J. Ham's 1873 home south of Hudson.
Corn Crib on Lewis Bohrer Farm
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This drawing of the Lewis Bohrer farm shows a corn crib in the upper right corner.
Nelson Jones Home, South of Towanda, Illinois
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The Nelson Jones home, south of Towanda, was the first of several large Italianate farmhouses built in McLean County.
Testing Seed Germination at Funk Brothers
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A man tests seed germination inside a Funk building.
Cooksville, Illinois, Grain Elevator about 1910
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The farmer's grain elevator sits in Cooksville in 1910.
Rear of Typical I-House
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The rear of the Isaac Funk home, and I-house, which was built in 1842.
Ethanol advertisement
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This advertisement promoting ethanol sits on the fence outside Leo Miller's farm in McLean County.
Moving corn to elevator
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With a barn in the background, a tractor pulls two wagons of grain to an elevator on the Beehn hog farm in the fall of 1995.
Corn head on John Deere combine
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The corn head of a 9600 John Deere combine during the 1995 harvest.
Funk Soybean Processing Mill
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Gene Funk built this soybean processing plant in 1924 in Bloomington, modeled after a mill in Chicago Heights.
Plowing Contest
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This 1914 plowing contest featured tractors that competed as hundreds of spectators watched.
Land Use on Adlai E. Stevenson Farm 46 in 1935
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This drawing shows how the Adlai E. Stevenson Farm 46 sectioned off farmland for beans, corn, pasture, and oats in 1935. 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 President of the United...
1948 Corn Bowl program
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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
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A Pfister float made of corn cobs travels in the 1947 Corn Bowl parade.
Leo Miller House
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This replacement house on the Leo Miller farm was built around the turn of the 20th century.
Picnic at Funk Farms
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People gather at Funk Farms for a picnic. Cars are seen in the background.
Kickapoo Words for the Corn Plant
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The Kickapoo used various words in the diagram to identify parts of the corn plant.
Concrete Block Barn
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This concrete block barn was built around 1900.
Heafer Tile Company in Bloomington
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Edgar Heafer's tile plant, the Heafer Tile Company, produced many tiles for field drainage.
A.E. Swap's Residence and Business, Weston, Illinois
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This drawing is of the small store of A.E. Swap in Weston, McLean County.
Beebee's Patent Cure for Balkiness in Horses Advertisement
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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.
Worm Fence
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This zigzag, or worm, fence was common for pioneer fields, although such fencing took up valuable land.
Corn Plant Drawing
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Sketch of a corn plant.
Trimmed Hedge in Old Town Township
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This hedge in Old Town Township, McLean County, is one of the few surviving examples of traditional trimming in the county.
Farm 46 in 1997
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This photo of a cornfield on Farm 46 near Heyworth in 1997 shows the difference in crop production today from that in the 1930s.
Naffziger Round Tile Barn
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This circular tile sided barn was built by William Naffziger in 1916 in Mount Hope Township, McLean County.
Detasselers During World War II
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A group of female detasselers during World War II at Funk's farm including Gretchen Gottschalk, Barbara Benjamin, Marcella Pierson, unknown, Bessie Gottschalk, Phyllis Bender, Mary Johnston, Betty Belle Alverson, Isabel Gottschalk, Barbara Zook, Louise Gottschalk, May Johnson, and Alice Johnston.
Flat Bottom Drain Tile
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This drain tile was made of clay and used for drainage of fields. It has a flat bottom and is 2-4 inches in diameter.
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