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Men in corn wagons

Field of Shocked Corn

Farmer in field pulled by horses

Arctic Ice Company Advertisement

International Tapetronics Corporation

Diamond Star Groundbreaking

Bloomington Pork Packing Company

The Comet' Airship

Lincoln Beachey

Barn Raising

Clay Pot

Madison' Projectile Points

Grooved axe

Corn Palace Sketch

Mary (Rengal) Hartzold

Funk Brothers Seed Advertisement

Diagram of Funk hybrids

Man holding cornstalks

Corn Belt Creamery Co. Advertisement

Bloomington Brush and Trunk Company Advertisement

The National Concrete Block Company

Pantagraph Workers

National Automatic Scale Advertisement

J.C. Garrigus and Son Advertisement

Spraying before planting

Combining corn

Murphy Farms in winter

Tile Barn Remains

Cultivating Corn with Horses

James R. Holbert

Melvin and Ada Hendricks

Corn Dryers

Pantagraph Bindery

Cooksville, Illinois, in the late 1800s

Cartoonist View of Tractor Contest

P.M. Stubblefield Homestead in 1887

Chicago Stock Yards

Masthead from McLean County Anti-Monopolist

Mole Ditcher

Horse Drawn Corn Picker

Men in corn wagons
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Two men in overalls sit in wooden wagons full of corn as horses pull them.
Field of Shocked Corn
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A field of shocked corn in McLean County shows how farmers prepared for the harvest.
Farmer in field pulled by horses
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A farmer, pulled by two horses, harvests a field before combines were popular. His barn and residence are in the background.
Arctic Ice Company Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Arctic Ice Company was one of several local manufacturing companies in Bloomington, Illinois, which ultimately failed.
International Tapetronics Corporation
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)International Tapetronics Corporation (ITC)'s version of the automated radio station, as used by WFYR Radio in Chicago, about 1974.
Diamond Star Groundbreaking
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The groundbreaking ceremony for Diamond Star Motors factory in Bloomington-Normal on April 16, 1986.
Bloomington Pork Packing Company
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)In 1872, William Van Schoick combined his company with three partners to form the Bloomington Pork Packing Company. The company butchered 15,000 hogs annually, but ultimately failed, due to competition from national producers in the 1890s.
The Comet' Airship
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The photos shows the dirigible "The Comet" on top of the Klemm building. It was piloted by Captain George Yager. It was the first controllable aircraft to appear in McLean County.
Lincoln Beachey
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Lincoln Beachey, an early aircraft, is shown at the LeRoy Fair, Illinois. Fairgoers can be seen in the background.
Barn Raising
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)McLean County, Illinois, men pose for a picture during a barn raising.
Clay Pot
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This clay pot was used by the Mississippian Indians. An important use was food storage.
Madison' Projectile Points
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Four small to medium-sized thin triangular arrowheads. The points are usually like isosceles triangles in shape, or more rarely, equilateral triangles.
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.
Corn Palace Sketch
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A sketch of the Bloomington Colliseum turned Corn Palace for the annual Cornfest harvest celebration.
Mary (Rengal) Hartzold
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Mary (Rengal) Hartzold of Dry Grove Township, McLean County, Illinois. She was the wife of Henry Hartzold, a farmer.
Funk Brothers Seed Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)In order to promote their hybrids, Funk Brothers Seed Company advertised their new products. This ad for 90-day corn ran about 1900.
Diagram of Funk hybrids
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This detailed diagram shows the steps involved in cross corn to make Funk's hybrids.
Man holding cornstalks
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A man dressed in a vest and tie holds up a complete corn plant in each hand, each about 11 feet high.
Corn Belt Creamery Co. Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Corn Belt Creamery Company produced butter at 211-17 North Prairie St. in Bloomington.
Bloomington Brush and Trunk Company Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Bloomington Brush and Trunk Co. was a 19th century manufacturer. They produced brushes of all types -- clothes, stove, shoe, tooth, hair, and paint -- and, in 1877, expanded production to included travelers' trunks and suitcases.
The National Concrete Block Company
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Workers for the National Concrete Block Co. construct the foundation for a building.
Pantagraph Workers
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Workers sort through files at the Bloomington Pantagraph Printing and Stationery Co., about 1900.
National Automatic Scale Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The National Automatic Scale Company was located at 215 E. Douglas St. in Bloomington. They specialized in the manufacture of scales for agriculture use.
J.C. Garrigus and Son Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)J.C. Garrigus and Son manufactured and repaired harnesses and saddles at their 406 N. Main St. shop from 1889 to 1893.
Spraying before planting
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)McLean County Farm Service uses machinery to spray herbicide on land farmed by Murphy Farms in the spring of 1995.
Combining corn
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)In a John Deere 4400 combine, Darrell Beehn harvests corn near Shirley, Illinois, in September 1995.
Murphy Farms in winter
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)During the winter months, snow covers the topsoil of cornfields with dead cornstalks, exposed here at Murphy Farms near Shirley.
Tile Barn Remains
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The remains of this round tile barn include the walls. It is located north of Normal, Illinois.
Cultivating Corn with Horses
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A farmer cultivates a field of corn with a team of two horses.
James R. Holbert
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)James R. Holbert worked with the Funk Brothers in McLean County in developing many new plant products.
Melvin and Ada Hendricks
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This photo shows Melvin and Ada Hendricks on their wedding day, February 25, 1939.
Corn Dryers
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Corn is suspended from the ceiling for drying purposes.
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.
Cooksville, Illinois, in the late 1800s
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This photo shows the business section of Cooksville in 1885.
Cartoonist View of Tractor Contest
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This cartoon depicts a 1916 tractor contest and demonstration.
P.M. Stubblefield Homestead in 1887
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Phineas M. Stubblefield built this farm and home in 1887.
Chicago Stock Yards
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Cattle are stored in pens at the Chicago stock yards.
Masthead from McLean County Anti-Monopolist
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This masthead is from an anti-monopolist newspaper briefly published in Saybrook.
Mole Ditcher
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The mole ditcher was an iron-tipped log, series of logs, or round iron blade (such as seen here) about four inches in diameter, which was pulled through the soil a few inches under the surface.
Horse Drawn Corn Picker
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A horse drawn corn picker harvests the crop in the early 1900s in McLean County.

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