Items | Digital Collections at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library

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Marion's Hired Hand

Plowing with Two Horses

National Corn Association Logo

Washing out roots

School Work Corn Exhibit of McLean County

Funk Brothers Seed Advertisement

Funk Laboratory

Checking corn

Corn Markers Description

Corn Palace Sketch

County School Display at State Fair

Diorama of Mississippian Culture

Farmers inspecting corn

Men in corn wagons

William D. Walters, Jr.

Field of Shocked Corn

Corn Celebration Preparation

Corn Design on Float

Horses harvesting cornfield

Funk Brothers State Fair Exhibit

Grain elevator

Herding hogs to Chicago

Moving Oxen

U.S. Food Administration Advertisement

Traditional Cornfield Planting

Plow Sketch

Man hits barbed wire fence

Diagram of Funk hybrids

Illinois Tractor Advertisement

Farmer in field pulled by horses

Combine on Murphy Farms

Corn Belt Bank, Bloomington, Illinois

Corn Crib Building

Corn Landscape

Corn Palace Sign

Shocked Corn

Man holding cornstalks

Map of Funk Farms, McLean County, Illinois

Mary (Rengal) Hartzold

Inside of corn kernel

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Illinois Tractor Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This advertisement from the Illinois Silo and Tractor company promotes a demonstration of a tractor that plows, plants, harrows, and discs the corn.
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.
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.
Corn Belt Bank, Bloomington, Illinois
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Corn Belt Bank building in downtown Bloomington, with a horse and carriage waiting outside.
Corn Crib Building
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The side of a wooden corn crib building with ears poking through gaps in the slats of wood. It appears to have a metal roof.
Corn Landscape
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A photograph for a Funk advertisement by James Holbert, one of the main men behind Funk's success. The photo shows a large cornfield in the background and and a farmer with cattle in the foreground. Text on photo reads: Corn. America's contribution to the world's food supply.
Corn Palace Sign
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This sign identifies the Corn Palace, the center of activity at Bloomington's annual corn festival.
Shocked Corn
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This field of shocked corn in McLean County was tied up by farmers for drying purposes during the harvest.
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.
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.
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.
Inside of corn kernel
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This diagram labels and explains the various parts of the inside of a kernel of corn.