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Marion's Hired Hand

National Corn Association Logo

School Work Corn Exhibit of McLean County

Plowing with Two Horses

Funk Brothers Seed Advertisement

Funk Laboratory

Washing out roots

Farmers inspecting corn

William D. Walters, Jr.

Men in corn wagons

Diorama of Mississippian Culture

County School Display at State Fair

Corn Palace Sketch

Corn Markers Description

Checking corn

Field of Shocked Corn

Herding hogs to Chicago

Man hits barbed wire fence

Traditional Cornfield Planting

Moving Oxen

Corn Celebration Preparation

Funk Brothers State Fair Exhibit

Plow Sketch

Horses harvesting cornfield

Grain elevator

U.S. Food Administration Advertisement

Corn Design on Float

Loading Corn into Wagons

Farmer's Elevator

Corn Belt Bank, Bloomington, Illinois

Corn Exhibit Photograph

Driving Hogs to Market

Harvest Time Sketch

Metal Corn Bins

Automated Corn Planting

Row Marker Sketch

McLean County Map in Corn Exhibit

Youngsters with corn

Harvesting Corn with Horses

Ear of corn close-up

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.
National Corn Association Logo
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This logo from the National Corn Association shows a woman, seated on agriculture books, holding a seal depicting a farmer plowing a field.
School Work Corn Exhibit of McLean County
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This boys corn exhibit of McLean County was shown at a Teacher's Institute on December 17, 1909, in Normal, Illinois.
Plowing with Two Horses
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A sketch of a farmer, with overalls, a beard, and straw hat, plowing behind two horses in a field with weeds.
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.
Funk Laboratory
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A photograph of beakers, flasks, and test tubes inside the Funk Laboratory where hybrids and herbacides were concocted.
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.
Farmers inspecting corn
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Three farmers in hats wear pouches around their necks while inspecting Funk's corn.
William D. Walters, Jr.
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)William D. Walters, Jr., a professor of geography at Illinois State University, researched and wrote 'The Heart of the Cornbelt: An Illustrated History of Corn Farming in McLean County,' published in 1997.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Corn Markers Description
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A printed description of the use of a corn marker, along with a drawing of a corn marker.
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.
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.
Herding hogs to Chicago
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This drawing shows farmers herding hogs to Chicago, where they were known to fetch a high price.
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.
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.
Moving Oxen
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A sketch of a man whipping six oxen in front of a plow in the field.
Corn Celebration Preparation
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)In downtown Bloomington, an archway of straw bales marks the entrance to tents set up for the annual Cornfest. The Corn Palace is in the background.
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.
Plow Sketch
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A sketch of an early plow, probably hitched to oxen or horses. A hook at the front provides for the hitch. At the back are handles for the farmer to guide the plow. A wheel in the middle provides movement.
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.
Grain elevator
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A farmer's elevator in Cooksville, Illinois has wooden siding on all sides. A fence leads to this elevator, which has a shingled roof.
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.
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.
Loading Corn into Wagons
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)In a field, corn is loaded into a wagon so it can be transported.
Farmer's Elevator
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A farmer's elevator in Cooksville, Illinois, has siding on all sides. A fence leads to the elevator, which has a shingled roof.
Corn Belt Bank, Bloomington, Illinois
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Corn Belt Bank building in downtown Bloomington is six stories high, one of the tallest in the city. A horse and carriage wait on the street outside.
Corn Exhibit Photograph
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A photo of the 'Just Corn: The Amaizing Story' exhibit inside the McLean County Museum of History in 1997. Panels of related photos and logos of seed companies are shown.
Driving Hogs to Market
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A sketch of men with whips driving a herd of hogs to market.
Harvest Time Sketch
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A harvest scene sketch of a farmer shocking corn, another harvesting it, and bundles of shocked corn scattered throughout the field.
Metal Corn Bins
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Metal corn bins for the Ever-Normal Granary store corn of a Funk's hybrid.
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.
McLean County Map in Corn Exhibit
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A map of McLean County sits in the middle of a corn school exhibit at a December 17, 1909, Teacher's Institute in Normal, Illinois.
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.
Harvesting Corn with Horses
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Piles of corn ears lie on the ground of a harvest row. A team of horses stands at the end of the row of harvested corn and the rest of the unharvested field is on the left.
Ear of corn close-up
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A closeup of an ear of corn still in its husk, tasseled, on the stalk of the plant.