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Four Indian Head Pennies, 1888

Eisenhower Dollar, Obverse, 1974 and Reverse, 1977

Liberty Nickel, 1886

Confederate Five Dollar Bill

Centennial Coin, 1889

Hupmobile 5-seater Touring Car 1921

Tile Corn Crib

Display of Corn and Signs

Amoureaux House, Ste. Genevieve, Missouri

Inside the Shirley Corn Show Tent

Ulbrich Advertisement

Wheel, Spinning

Seibel Brothers Millinery Building

Hayes-Custer Building, Normal, Illinois

N.N. Winslow Advertisement

Faloon and Geltmacher Advertisement

C.H. Freeman Advertisement

Edward R. Cole, maker of whalecraft

Hobo camp

DeLuxe Plymouth Sedan 1934

Women's beachwear

Church of the Holy Family, Cahokia

Centennial Parade, Bloomington, Illinois

Maize Illustration

Market Street School

Report Card

Metal Wheeled Tractor

Map, Urbana, Illinois

Melvin Hendricks on Tractor

William Goodfellow Farm

Husking Corn By Hand

Map, Urbana, Illinois

Stove, Parlor

Reaping Hook or Sickle

100 West Washington Street, Bloomington, Illinois

Karr Homestead, Bloomington, Illinois

Shock Frame

Flint Corn

Assembly Memorial & Joint Resolution Relative to the United States Mint at Carson City, Nevada

Shocked Corn

Four Indian Head Pennies, 1888
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Indian Head pennies show the profile of an Indian maiden wearing a feather crown.
Eisenhower Dollar, Obverse, 1974 and Reverse, 1977
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The obverse view shows a left-facing profile of the late President with LIBERTY overhead, IN GOD WE TRUST to the lower left, and below, the date. The reverse view shows an eagle with an olive branch of peace in its talons descending to the surface of the moon, on which is written ONE DOLLAR. The distant earth can be seen above and to the left. An arc of small stars surrounds...
Liberty Nickel, 1886
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Liberty is shown in profile wearing a crown. Thirteen stars representing the thirteen colonies are shown around the edge and the coin bears the date.
Confederate Five Dollar Bill
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This five-dollar note is from The Augusta Insurance and Banking Company. The number 205 appears and "Will pay FIVE DOLLARS to bearer on demand." Then there is the word "Augusta," followed by an illegible word. The note is signed at the bottom by the cashier and the president, and around the edges is written "Five" and "State of Georgia." The paper is tan with black and red p...
Centennial Coin, 1889
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Profile of George Washington, with UNITED STATES OF AMERICA above and IN GOD WE TRUST below. There is a hole near the top edge.
Hupmobile 5-seater Touring Car 1921
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Drawing for an advertisement
Tile Corn Crib
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This oval corn crib was built of hollow building tile.
Display of Corn and Signs
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This display of corn and McLean County's growing methods informs visitors of the many techniques used by farmers.
Amoureaux House, Ste. Genevieve, Missouri
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Amoureaux House, built in 1785, is a French vernacular post in ground (poteaux-enterre) construction. It is one of three in Ste. Genevieve and only five in the U.S. In the bedroom, on the fireplace mantel are candlesticks, goblets, and a mantel clock.
Inside the Shirley Corn Show Tent
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Six women sit atop the stage inside the tent at the Shirley Corn Show. Cornstalks don the stage for decoration.
Ulbrich Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)H.with Ulbrich manufactured harnesses, saddles, and collars at several locations in Bloomington from 1883 to 1895.
Wheel, Spinning
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Black painted wooden spinning wheel. Four turned legs mortised through a horizontal bench. Two turned poles support a large wheel with turned spokes. Two bobbin holders mounted on a flat bench. Hand forged iron hardware. Wooden pegs used on mortised joints. 37" high.
Seibel Brothers Millinery Building
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Seibel Brothers Wholesale and Retail Millinery in downtown Bloomington.
Hayes-Custer Building, Normal, Illinois
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Hayes-Custer Company manufactured stoves, gas ranges, and furnaces in Normal. It was located near the railroad tracks.
N.N. Winslow Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)N.N. Winslow and Company manufactured soap, candles and locomotive grease from 1855 to the 1870s.
Faloon and Geltmacher Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Faloon and Geltmacher was a small company on Washington St. in Bloomington that produced medical devices and patent medicines.
C.H. Freeman Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)C.H. Freeman was a watchmaker and engraver on North Main St. in Bloomington.
Edward R. Cole, maker of whalecraft
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Photograph, b/w
Hobo camp
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Photograph, b/w
DeLuxe Plymouth Sedan 1934
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Photograph, b/w
Women's beachwear
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Drawing, pen and ink
Church of the Holy Family, Cahokia
Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)See individual images for descriptions.
Centennial Parade, Bloomington, Illinois
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A float travels down the street near the west side of the square. The crowds are watching the Centennial Parade, Bloomington, Illinois.
Maize Illustration
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The first illustration of maize in the herbals from De Historia Stirpium of Leonhard Fuchs.
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.
Metal Wheeled Tractor
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Three farmers in overalls look over the engine of a metal wheeled tractor in the 1930s as a well-dressed man sits on the machine with a jug.
Map, Urbana, Illinois
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Map of the south-east area of Urbana, Illinois.
Melvin Hendricks on Tractor
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Melvin Hendricks, a farm hand, uses one of the first tractors in McLean County in 1935.
William Goodfellow Farm
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)William Goodfellow built this brick farmhouse in Dale Township.
Husking Corn By Hand
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A migrant worker husks corn by hand in a cornfield in McLean County about 1910.
Map, Urbana, Illinois
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Map of west side of Urbana, Illinois.
Stove, Parlor
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Black painted vast iron parlor stove with claw feet. Empire style. Retangular belly with two hinged doors in the front. Two square pillars up the sides with a rectangular top and ornate crown piece. Raised wheat sheaf and urn designs overall. Made by Ransom and Rathbone, Albany, NY. 1844.
Reaping Hook or Sickle
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The sickle was used to cut the grain during the harvesting process. It was then threshed with a wooden flail and cleaned by tossing it into the air with a fork.
100 West Washington Street, Bloomington, Illinois
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Photograph of Washington Street in Bloomington, Illinois in 1904. The image includes text describing each of the numbered items.
Karr Homestead, Bloomington, Illinois
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Karr homestead near Bloomington, photographed about 1885, shows an example of what pioneer field and fences were like.
Shock Frame
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Instructions for how to shock corn, compete with diagrams from Rural Affairs.
Flint Corn
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Flint corn was praised by early farmers for its ability to withstand wind and weather, but it was not well regarded as livestock feed.
Assembly Memorial & Joint Resolution Relative to the United States Mint at Carson City, Nevada
Multi-Page Item | 3 pages | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Pamphlet entitled Assembly memorial and joint resolution relative to the United States Mint at Carson City, Nevada. [1887].
Shocked Corn
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Shocked corn as it appears in a farmer's field with a farmer looking on.

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