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James A. Stephens Farm

Tile Work in Lexington about 1888

Funk Seed Corn in Shipping Crates

Reuben Benjamin

Isaac Funk

Front of Typical I-House

Archaeologists at Noble-Wieting, Illinois

Dennis Kenyon Farmstead in 1874

Oxen on Turn-of-the-Century Farm

Cast of 'London Assurance'

McLean County, Illinois, Street Scene

Moses Montefiore Temple, Bloomington, Illinois

Wickizer Bakery, interior

Bloomington, Illinois

Rosencrans School, interior

Carved Bone Hand

Kickapoo Wahkwahpoakuk

Gun Cock

Stone celt (ungrooved axe)

Projectile Point

Late Paleolithic Holcombe Point

Van Schoick and Company Pork Packers Advertisement

Corn Design on Float

Automated Corn Planting

Row Marker Sketch

Youngsters with corn

Horses harvesting cornfield

Checking corn

U.S. Food Administration Advertisement

Washing out roots

Bloomington Book Bindery Advertisement

Stump and Coons Business Receipt

Audi-Cord Corporation Advertisement

Schneider's Bakery Advertisement

Lenze's Tinsmith Shop Advertisement

Central Mill and Elevator Company

Market Street School

Report Card

Twelve-horse Hitch

Plowing

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.
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.
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.
Cast of 'London Assurance'
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This picture shows the male and female cast members of "London Assurance".
McLean County, Illinois, Street Scene
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This photo shows winter in McLean County, Illinois.
Moses Montefiore Temple, Bloomington, Illinois
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This photo shows a man sitting on the steps of the Moses Montefiore Temple. Muddy streets surround the temple.
Wickizer Bakery, interior
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Breads and rolls fill the counter of the Wickizer Bakery, which was at 603 N. Main, Bloomington, Illinois.
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.
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.
Carved Bone Hand
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This carved bone hand was used in glove-making. Glove-making was one of the early cottage industries of pioneer Illinois.
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.
Gun Cock
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This iron gun cock was obtained by the Kickapoo from white traders.
Stone celt (ungrooved axe)
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This is an ungrooved axe made of stone. It was used by the Woodland Indians. They often used them for girdling trees.
Projectile Point
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This projectile point is light in color. It is notched near the base. It was used by Woodland Indians for hunting.
Late Paleolithic Holcombe Point
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Late Paleolithic Holcombe projectile point found in Dale Township.
Van Schoick and Company Pork Packers Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)William Van Schoick and Company processed the "Celebrated Bloomington Ham." In 1872, the company became the Bloomington Pork Packing Co.
Corn Design on Float
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A close-up look at a unique design made of corn on a float in the Bloomington Cornfest parade.
Automated Corn Planting
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)In 1995, a tractor attached to an automated corn planter seeds a field. Bags of Ciba seed are used.
Row Marker Sketch
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A sketch of a man in a row marker being pulled by two horses. The vehicle has large wheels on each side.
Youngsters with corn
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Three young children sit amongst corn piled on the sidewalk, spilling out of a basket, and housed in two crates.
Horses harvesting cornfield
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A team of horses stands at the end of a row of harvested corn and the rest of the unharvested field is on the left. Two horses stand opposite on the other side of a fence.
Checking corn
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A farmer wearing a blue shirt and khaki pants checks a stalk of corn in a field.
U.S. Food Administration Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)An ad for the United States Food Adminstration reads: Corn The Food of the Nation Serve Some Way Every Meal Appetizing Nourishing.
Washing out roots
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Standing in a hole around where a cornstalk was growing, a farmer washes the roots of the plant with a hose to inspect the crop.
Bloomington Book Bindery Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Bloomington Book Bindery started business in 1854. Books of all kinds were bound in Russia, Calf, Morocco, or Sheep. Russia was a trade name which applied to a shaved cowhide or calfskin which was begetable-tanned with tannins from willow or other barks. Calf paper is colored and embossed, resembles leather and is now used only occasionally for covering books. Morocco...
Stump and Coons Business Receipt
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)In 1873, Stump & Coons offered their services for horseshoeing and jobbing.
Audi-Cord Corporation Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Audi-Cord Corp. in Normal advertises electronic equipment, including cartridges, recorders, and reproducers.
Schneider's Bakery Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)John A. Schneider's Bakery at 301 S. Center St. manufactured bread, cakes, and pies from the 1880s to the 1920s.
Lenze's Tinsmith Shop Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Emil Lenze manufactured tin, copper, and sheet iron ware, often for use in roofing and spouting in Bloomington.
Central Mill and Elevator Company
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Central Mill and Elevator Company was located at 901 E. Front St. in Bloomington, near the railroad.
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.
Report Card
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This is an 1886 Report Card from the Bloomington Public Schools. It belonged to Fanny Perry.
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.
Plowing
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Two men and their horses plow fields near Bloomington, Illinois.

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