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Bloomington Band - Mardi Gras

Gun Cock

The Heart of the Cornbelt book cover

Interior of a Pullman Car

Tilbury Flash' Airplane

Cyclists' Ten Commandments & ID Card

C&A Shops, Locomotive

Bloomington Fire Company, Bloomington, Illinois

Bloomington, Illinois

Bone Awls

Lost Lake' Chert Blade

Market Street School

Rosencrans School, interior

Projectile Point

Twelve-horse Hitch

Split Rail Corn Cribs

Iron Arrow Point

Iron Hoe

Late Paleolithic Holcombe Point

Knife Blade

German Day, Bloomington, Illinois

Gun Lock Plate

Pantagraph Bindery

Major Nolton Engine

Natural History Lesson

Projectile Point

Projectile Point

Stoking Engine

Wreckage of the Bloomington Fire

Trapeze artists, Mary & Roy Valentine with Reiner

Cooking class, Bloomington High School, Illinois

Chert Hoe

Chert knife

Atl-atl weight

100 West Washington Street, Bloomington, Illinois

Bloomington High School Band

First Methodist Church of Bloomington

Kickapoo Band

Kickapoo Wahkwahpoakuk

Grooved axe

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.
Gun Cock
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This iron gun cock was obtained by the Kickapoo from white traders.
The Heart of the Cornbelt book cover
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This cover from The Heart of the Cornbelt: An Illustrated History of Corn Farming in McLean County by William D. Walters Jr. covers corn farming from Native Americans to present.
Interior of a Pullman Car
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Pullman dining car is decorated with elaborate furniture, curtains and carpeting.
Tilbury Flash' Airplane
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The "Tilbury Flash" is shown on the grounds of the Bloomington Airport, Illinois. It was a small racing airplane, with an 18-foot wing span and a motorcycle engine. It hangs from the ceiling at the McLean County Musuem of History.
Cyclists' Ten Commandments & ID Card
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The ID card and Ten Commandments contain personal information about Lyman R. Tay. Interpretation Text includes: Copyright 1897 "THE CYCLIST'S TEN COMMANDMENTS" Thus spoke the wheel: I am thy friend in need, thy friend indeed. Thou shalt have no other wheel but me . . . Thou shalt not take me in rain, nor on the wrong path. Remember the road to keep it wholly,...
C&A Shops, Locomotive
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A locomotive sits in the C&A shops in Bloomington, Illinois. C&A (Chicago and Alton) shops were the largest employer in McLean County. There, the first Pullman sleeper, the first commerical dining car, and the first reclining chair car were made.
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.
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.
Bone Awls
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Bone awls were commonly used by the Mississippian Indians. They were used to punch holes in skins, clay, etc. They were commonly made of turkey leg bone.
Lost Lake' Chert Blade
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This is a blade used by the Archaic Indians. Made of chert, it has a notch on either side.
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.
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.
Projectile Point
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This wide projectile point has two distinct notches on either side. It was used by the Woodland Indians for hunting.
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.
Split Rail Corn Cribs
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)These split rail corn cribs were used to store excess corn during the 1830's.
Iron Arrow Point
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The iron point was a trade item obtained from white traders.
Iron Hoe
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This iron hoe was used by the Kickapoo in the cultivation of food.
Late Paleolithic Holcombe Point
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Late Paleolithic Holcombe projectile point found in Dale Township.
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.
German Day, Bloomington, Illinois
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The streets of Bloomington, Illinois, are shown decorated for German Day. By 1870, 13% of the population of Bloomington was of German descent or born in Germany. The Germans in Bloomington held their own cultural events and had their own organizations. The Germans living in Bloomington had their own schools and churches, as well as their own German-language newspaper.
Gun Lock Plate
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This gun lock plate is made of iron. It was a trade item - white settlers traded the gun plate to the Kickapoo.
Pantagraph Bindery
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This photo shows The Book Bindery of The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Illinois. The Pantagraph newspaper first published in 1837. It was two years older than the Chicago Tribune, and was a well-respected newspaper. There were many newspapers published in McLean County, many of them in Bloomington and Normal.
Major Nolton Engine
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A number of men surround the C&A "Major Nolton" Engine. The engine went to Chicago to fight the Great Fire in 1871, and it became nationally known because it reached Chicago in such short time to help fight the fire.
Natural History Lesson
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The students get a natural history lesson from their teacher using a beaver.
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.
Projectile Point
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This projectile point is dark in color. It is slightly notched near the base. It was used by Woodland Indians for hunting.
Stoking Engine
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Stoking Engine is fighting the Bloomington Fire of 1900.
Wreckage of the Bloomington Fire
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The damaged Bloomington skyline is visible beyond the courthouse square. A streetcar and a crowd of people are visible in the foreground. June 19, 1900, much of the center of Bloomington was destroyed by a fire that started in the Model Laundry. Flames spread rapidly and destroyed many buildings in a four square block area of the city. No businesses failed because of the fir...
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.
Cooking class, Bloomington High School, Illinois
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Girls practice their cooking skills in cooking class at Bloomington High School, Illinois.
Chert Hoe
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This chert hoe was used by Woodland Indians for farming. Woodland Indians grew corn, beans and squash, and hunted buffalo and deer. Chert is a very fine grained rock which can be shaped into arrowheads and points by chipping.
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.
Atl-atl weight
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The atl-atl weight was a spear thrower used by the Archaic Indians for hunting animals. It was made of stone. Archaic Indians also supplemented their food supply by gathering nuts, berries, herbs and roots.
100 West Washington Street, Bloomington, Illinois
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Photograph of Washington Street in Bloomington, Illinois in 1904. The image includes text describing each of the numbered items.
Bloomington High School Band
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The members of the Bloomington High School Band pose in full uniform.
First Methodist Church of Bloomington
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The former First Methodist Church of Bloomington is shown. The building, built in 1839, is covered with advertisements. Two men can be seen sitting in the open door. The Church had been converted to a livery stable.
Kickapoo Band
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Members of the Kickapoo Band are seated with instruments. The band was at Kickapoo School, Brown County, Kansas.
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.
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.