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Corn Dollar Inside 1916 Corn Palace

Bloomington Corn Palace in 1916

House Converted to Sheep Barn

Walking Corn

1947 Corn Bowl Parade Pioneers Float

William Duncan's House at Towanda Meadows

Bringing corn to the elevator in the 1950s

Soybean Chemical Sprayer

Dorland's Saw Mill and Tile Factory

James A. Stephens Farm

Tile Work in Lexington about 1888

Funk Seed Corn in Shipping Crates

Reuben Benjamin

Dennis Kenyon Farmstead in 1874

Oxen on Turn-of-the-Century Farm

Isaac Funk

Front of Typical I-House

Archaeologists at Noble-Wieting, Illinois

Gable Roof Corn Crib

Early Moldboard Plow

Corn Knife

Concrete Block Machine

Merna Grain Elevator 1997

Heavy Plow

Map, McLean County Railroads in 1860

Corn Mortar

Delaware Village in Federal Land Survey

Stalk Rake

Ox Shoes

Restored Patton Cabin in Lexington

Map of timber landscape in McLean County, Illinois

Kickapoo Dwelling (Bark Hut)

Chinch Bug

Funk's 90-Day Corn Advertisement

Granger Protest Meeting

Kickapoo Grand Village Monument

Advertisement of Detasselers

Shirley Corn and Horse Show

Loading seed into corn planter

Hauling corn to Shirley elevator

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.
House Converted to Sheep Barn
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This building on the Leo Miller farm was constructed as a residence in the 1870s. Twenty years later, it was converted to a sheep barn.
Walking Corn
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A farmer with a hoe walks corn about 1935.
1947 Corn Bowl Parade Pioneers Float
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A float from Union Auto Insurance, depicting an old covered wagon, pulled by horses, travels in the 1947 Corn Bowl Parade.
William Duncan's House at Towanda Meadows
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This three-story house built by William Duncan is called Towanda Meadows and designed in Italianate style.
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.
Soybean Chemical Sprayer
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This chemical sprayer douses soybean plants with insecticides to help crop growth.
Dorland's Saw Mill and Tile Factory
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This drawing shows the residence, sawmill, and tile factory of Joseph Dorland in Randolph Township.
James A. Stephens Farm
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)James A. Stephens erected this brick farmhouse in Mount Hope Township in 1877.
Tile Work in Lexington about 1888
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This tile factory of Bartels and Stell was located in Lexington in 1888.
Funk Seed Corn in Shipping Crates
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Funk's seed corn packaged in wooden crates.
Reuben Benjamin
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Reuben Benjamin works in the Illinois courthouse's law library.
Dennis Kenyon Farmstead in 1874
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This sketch of the Dennis Kenyon farm appeared in the 1874 Atlas of McLean County.
Oxen on Turn-of-the-Century Farm
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Oxen, like this team on a turn-of-the-century McLean County farm, were slower than horses but more suited to heavy tasks like prairie breaking.
Isaac Funk
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Isaac Funk, an early settler of McLean County, played a large role in agriculture. He was also a member of the Illinois State House of Representatives in 1840 and a member of the Illinois State Senate 1862-1864.
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.
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.
Gable Roof Corn Crib
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Corn cribs like this were built for more than a hundred years in McLean County and were among the most valuable structures on many farms.
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.
Corn Knife
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The corn knife, about 18 inches long, was often hammered from available scrap metal.
Concrete Block Machine
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Concrete block machines like this one were available to make one's own blocks such as the one on the bottom left.
Merna Grain Elevator 1997
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This Merna grain elevator, photographed in 1997, is no longer in operation.
Heavy Plow
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This drawing shows a heavy prairie-breaking plow used in early McLean County.
Map, McLean County Railroads in 1860
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This map shows the path of railroads through McLean County in 1860.
Corn Mortar
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This corn mortar was used by early McLean County settler John Moore for pounding corn.
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.
Stalk Rake
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This 19th century stalk rake was used to remove stalks in the field from the previous year's corn.
Ox Shoes
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Ox shoes, such as these, were used to protect oxen hooves when they plowed up prairie land.
Restored Patton Cabin in Lexington
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The restored Patton cabin in Lexington.
Map of timber landscape in McLean County, Illinois
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Before McLean County was settled by whites in 1822, eleven percent of McLean County was timber and the remainder was tall prairie grass, as shown in this map.
Kickapoo Dwelling (Bark Hut)
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)After leaving McLean County, the Kickapoo fled westward. This dwelling was photographed in Brown County, Kansas, about 1906.
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.
Funk's 90-Day Corn Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This ad for Funk's 90-Day Corn provides photos and descriptions of the company's high yielding corn.
Granger Protest Meeting
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This sketch shows a protest meeting of Grangers shown in the History of the Grange Movement.
Kickapoo Grand Village Monument
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A historical marker was placed at the site of the Grand Village of the Kickapoo in Ellsworth, Illinois, by the McLean County Historical Society in 1905.
Advertisement of Detasselers
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Advertisement and photograph of detasselers during World War II.
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.
Loading seed into corn planter
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Darrell Beehn Jr. loads Pioneer seed into an International 400 Cycle planter near Shirley, Illinois. Darrell Beehn Sr. stands beside the planter.
Hauling corn to Shirley elevator
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Darrell Beehn, Jr. hauls grain to the elevator near Shirley, Illinois, in the fall of 1995.

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