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Cartoonist View of Tractor Contest

Cultivating Corn with Horses

Hupmobile 1938

Franklin Four-Door Sedan 1922

Corn Dryers

Combining corn

Murphy Farms in winter

Tile Barn Remains

LaSalle Town Sedan 1930

Cornbelt Exposition Sign

Laying Tile about 1940

B.F. Harris, II House, Champaign, Illinois - a selection of images

Men in corn wagons

Farmer in field pulled by horses

Cornbelt Cube

Laying Tile About 1940

Corn Husking Contest

Chinch Bug Barriers

Adlai E. Stevenson Farm 46 Report

Block House, Carlock, Illinois

Cone, Sugar

Corn Sheller Advertisement

Plank Fence

Museum and Santa Fe Railroad Model

State Capital, Boston

Dust Bowl refugees traveling by freight train

Chevrolet Master DeLuxe Business Coupe 1938

Cutter, Sugar

Model A Ford Carburetor

8 Drawer Cabinet

Screwdriver

The National Concrete Block Company

Funk Brothers Seed Advertisement

Diagram of Funk hybrids

Pantagraph Workers

National Automatic Scale Advertisement

J.C. Garrigus and Son Advertisement

Bloomington Brush and Trunk Company Advertisement

Corn Belt Creamery Co. Advertisement

Man holding cornstalks

Cartoonist View of Tractor Contest
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This cartoon depicts a 1916 tractor contest and demonstration.
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.
Hupmobile 1938
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Photograph, b/w
Franklin Four-Door Sedan 1922
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Drawing for an advertisement
Corn Dryers
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Corn is suspended from the ceiling for drying purposes.
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.
LaSalle Town Sedan 1930
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Photograph, b/w
Cornbelt Exposition Sign
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This sign advertises for the Bloomington Corn Exposition Oct. 16-21, 1939.
Laying Tile about 1940
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Workers lay tile in a McLean County field about 1940. A large Buckeye machine is used in the process.
B.F. Harris, II House, Champaign, Illinois - a selection of images
Multi-Page Item | 5 pages | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Different views of the B.F. Harris II House.
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.
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.
Cornbelt Cube
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This home, constructed around the turn of the 20th century, is called a Cornbelt Cube, or American Foursquare, because of its shape.
Laying Tile About 1940
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Workers lay drainage tile in a trench of a field about 1940.
Corn Husking Contest
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)An arial photo of a corn husking contest at Funk's Farm with hundreds of spectators.
Chinch Bug Barriers
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This farmer with his tractor erected barriers in his fields to prevent chinch bugs from destroying crops.
Adlai E. Stevenson Farm 46 Report
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The report from the Adlai E. Stevenson Farm 46 in Heyworth in 1932 shows the number of acres devoted to each crop and their growing condition. 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 Pre...
Block House, Carlock, Illinois
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This concrete block home south of Carlock, Illinois, was built around 1900.
Cone, Sugar
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Large cone of solid sugar. Wrapped in blue paper and tied with a twisted cord. 10.25" high.
Corn Sheller Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This is an ad for a corn sheller, which would provide feed by removing kernels from the cob.
Plank Fence
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This plank fence at the Karr Homestead has a wide range of planks used, and a snake fence with riders or braces in the center.
Museum and Santa Fe Railroad Model
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Museum and Santa Fe Railroad exhibit consists of 1,200 feet of track running through a 3,000 square-foot landscape representing, the Great Plains, the Arizona desert and Grand Canyon, and California. Sprawled across the model landscape are a suburban village, an elevated highway, a commercial grain elevator, a cement factory, an oil field and refinery, an orange grove, a...
State Capital, Boston
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The elegant State House, seat of Massachusetts government was designed by self-taught architect, Charles Bulfinch.
Dust Bowl refugees traveling by freight train
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Photograph, b/w
Chevrolet Master DeLuxe Business Coupe 1938
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Drawing for an advertisement
Cutter, Sugar
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Sugar cutter made from iron with a wooden handle. Made by AK and Sons.
Model A Ford Carburetor
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This is a cast iron, two piece carburetor with a gasket between the parts. Details include a choke paddle one end and an in and out switch on the other. The paddle has an open and close switch.
8 Drawer Cabinet
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This is an 8 drawer cabinet made using horseshoe nail boxes as drawers. The drawers are furnished with white porcelain 1" diameter drawer pulls held with a bolt and nut. There is no back to the cabinet.
Screwdriver
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Hand made screwdriver with 5" oval handle. Painted black with a twisted head. 13" long.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.

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