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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

Concrete Block Barn

Heafer Tile Company in Bloomington

A.E. Swap's Residence and Business, Weston, Illinois

Worm Fence

Corn Plant Drawing

Trimmed Hedge in Old Town Township

Beebee's Patent Cure for Balkiness in Horses Advertisement

The Heart of the Cornbelt book cover

Tilbury Flash' Airplane

Kickapoo Words for the Corn Plant

Bloomington Bicycle Club, Illinois

Interior of a Pullman Car

Hedged Cornfield about 1925

Giant Ear of Corn from 1915 Festival

Feasting on Sweet Corn at the Corn Bowl

Steam Engine in McLean County about 1875

Planting Osage Orange

Single Pen Corn Crib

Funk Inbreds

Funk Warehouse

Concrete Fence Post

Diorama of Mississippian Culture

Marion's Hired Hand

Traditional Cornfield Planting

County School Display at State Fair

Map of Funk Farms, McLean County, Illinois

Funk Brothers State Fair Exhibit

Man hits barbed wire fence

Combine on Murphy Farms

Everybody should use Dr. Howe's Medicines Advertisement

Justrite Vacuum Cleaners Advertisement

Moving corn to elevator
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)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
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The corn head of a 9600 John Deere combine during the 1995 harvest.
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.
Plowing Contest
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This 1914 plowing contest featured tractors that competed as hundreds of spectators watched.
Land Use on Adlai E. Stevenson Farm 46 in 1935
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)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
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)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
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A Pfister float made of corn cobs travels in the 1947 Corn Bowl parade.
Leo Miller House
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This replacement house on the Leo Miller farm was built around the turn of the 20th century.
Picnic at Funk Farms
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)People gather at Funk Farms for a picnic. Cars are seen in the background.
Concrete Block Barn
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This concrete block barn was built around 1900.
Heafer Tile Company in Bloomington
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Edgar Heafer's tile plant, the Heafer Tile Company, produced many tiles for field drainage.
A.E. Swap's Residence and Business, Weston, Illinois
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This drawing is of the small store of A.E. Swap in Weston, McLean County.
Worm Fence
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This zigzag, or worm, fence was common for pioneer fields, although such fencing took up valuable land.
Corn Plant Drawing
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Sketch of a corn plant.
Trimmed Hedge in Old Town Township
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This hedge in Old Town Township, McLean County, is one of the few surviving examples of traditional trimming in the county.
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.
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.
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.
Kickapoo Words for the Corn Plant
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Kickapoo used various words in the diagram to identify parts of the corn plant.
Bloomington Bicycle Club, Illinois
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The members of The Bloomington Bicycle Club are shown with their bicycles.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Steam Engine in McLean County about 1875
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A steam engine in McLean County about 1875.
Planting Osage Orange
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Farmers planted Osage orange on the large Sibley Farms in neighboring Ford County.
Single Pen Corn Crib
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Many corn crib forms were possible for corn storage. This is a single crib.
Funk Inbreds
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Two men stand by stalks of inbred Funk's corn.
Funk Warehouse
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Ears of corn fill a Funk warehouse in the early 1900s.
Concrete Fence Post
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This wooden fence was constructed using longer-lasting concrete fence posts.
Diorama of Mississippian Culture
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)In this picture of a diorama at the Illinois State Museum in Springfield, Illinois, two Indians, one male and one female, gather corn for food. The male wears a decoration around his neck and a small cloth around his waist. The female wears only a skirt around her waist. Corn grows nearby. It illustrates early Mississippian culture.
Marion's Hired Hand
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This farmhand in Blue Mound Township, McLean County, Illinois, wears a large straw hat and overalls. He sits cross-legged with his hand to his mouth. He has a mustache.
Traditional Cornfield Planting
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This is an example of traditional cornfield planting, with multiple plants per hill and space between hills of corn.
County School Display at State Fair
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This school corn exhibit from McLean County is on display at the 1909 Illinois State Fair.
Map of Funk Farms, McLean County, Illinois
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This map shows the location of all the Funk Farms in McLean County.
Funk Brothers State Fair Exhibit
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This exhibit for Funk Brothers Seed Company at the Illinois State Fair in 1904 shows a giant ear of corn sticking up and a sign for free samples of seed.
Man hits barbed wire fence
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)In this drawing, a farmer runs into a barbed wire fence between cornfields.
Combine on Murphy Farms
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A 930 Pixall Combine harvests corn and throws it into a wagon at Murphy Farms in 1995.
Everybody should use Dr. Howe's Medicines Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Honey Balsam and Blackberry Balsam were two of the popular medicines of Dr. Howe. Dr. Howe and his partner, Dr. Woodard, produced a variety of patent medicines in Bloomington. Their medicines were later produced by Dr. Z. Waters who gave his name to the line.
Justrite Vacuum Cleaners Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Justrite Vacuum Cleaner Company unsuccessfully tried to launch a vacuum cleaner line in the early 20th century.

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