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D.L. White Farmhouse and English Barn

Farmer's Elevator

Tryner and Richardson Cigar Factory

Brokaw Plow Shop

Stevens Manufacturing and Foundry Advertisement

Gas Valve and Burner Fitting

Paper Girl Doll

Corn Belt Bank, Bloomington, Illinois

Armand Marseille All-Bisque Infant Doll

Illinois Tractor Advertisement

Corn Celebration Preparation

William D. Walters, Jr.

Bloomington Star Dairy Advertisement

Bloomington Hoop Skirt Manufactory Advertisement

Bloomington Pickle Factory

French fur trader

Bloomington Book Bindery Advertisement

Schneider's Bakery Advertisement

Lenze's Tinsmith Shop Advertisement

Central Mill and Elevator Company

Stump and Coons Business Receipt

Youngsters with corn

Horses harvesting cornfield

Checking corn

U.S. Food Administration Advertisement

Washing out roots

Van Schoick and Company Pork Packers Advertisement

Audi-Cord Corporation Advertisement

Low Density Corn Planting

Corn Dollar Inside 1916 Corn Palace

Bloomington Corn Palace in 1916

Ford Station Wagon 1933

House Converted to Sheep Barn

Bonus March demonstrators on the steps of the U.S. Capitol

Conner Prairie Living History Museum Interpreter

Scrimshaw whale teeth

Modern whaleship 'Baleana'

Types of whales: Mystacoceti or toothless cetaceans

Scrimshaw whale tooth

Types of whales: Odontoceti or toothed cetaceans

D.L. White Farmhouse and English Barn
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The D.L. White farmhouse is a central hall I-House.
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.
Tryner and Richardson Cigar Factory
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Tryner and Richardson's Cigar Factory employed a dozen hand rollers in 1894.
Brokaw Plow Shop
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Brokaw Plow Shop perfected the 'Bloomington Clipper Plow,' an effective tool for turning prairie soil.
Stevens Manufacturing and Foundry Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Stevens Manufacturing and Foundry produced "high grade potato machinery" in Bloomington.
Gas Valve and Burner Fitting
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This fitting is made of cast brass and has fleur-de-les ornamentation. A pipe with a threaded socket screw connects the fitting.
Paper Girl Doll
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This is a girl paper doll identified as 'Violet.' Over a petticoat, she wears a white dress with thin pink stripes and blue ribbons.
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.
Armand Marseille All-Bisque Infant Doll
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A bisque head doll with 'sleepy eyes', an open mouth that has two applied teeth in red lips. It has pink cheeks and brown hair which is brush stroked. The body of the doll is jointed with moveable arms and legs. It is wearing a white linen diaper that is safety-pinned. This doll looks very similar to Armand Marseille's 'My Dream Baby.' It has the marks A.M. Germany 351.1510k.
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.
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.
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.
Bloomington Star Dairy Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Bloomington Star Dairy was located two miles northwest of Bloomington.
Bloomington Hoop Skirt Manufactory Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Bloomington Hoop Skirt Manufactory was a manufacturer and wholesale and retail dealer in hoop skirts, corsets, hosiery, zephyrs (light shawls), and underwear. It was run by D. Winter.
Bloomington Pickle Factory
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Bloomington Pickle Factory manufactured pickles and vinegar in the 1920s and 1930s.
French fur trader
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The trader wears a mix of European and Native American clothing, and carries his musket, hatchet, and a knife. Fur pelts are slung over his shoulder.
Bloomington Book Bindery Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Bloomington Book Bindery started business in 1854. Books of all kinds were bound in Russia, Calf, Morocco, or Sheep. Russia was a trade name which applied to a shaved cowhide or calfskin which was begetable-tanned with tannins from willow or other barks. Calf paper is colored and embossed, resembles leather and is now used only occasionally for covering books. Morocco...
Schneider's Bakery Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)John A. Schneider's Bakery at 301 S. Center St. manufactured bread, cakes, and pies from the 1880s to the 1920s.
Lenze's Tinsmith Shop Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Emil Lenze manufactured tin, copper, and sheet iron ware, often for use in roofing and spouting in Bloomington.
Central Mill and Elevator Company
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Central Mill and Elevator Company was located at 901 E. Front St. in Bloomington, near the railroad.
Stump and Coons Business Receipt
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)In 1873, Stump & Coons offered their services for horseshoeing and jobbing.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Van Schoick and Company Pork Packers Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)William Van Schoick and Company processed the "Celebrated Bloomington Ham." In 1872, the company became the Bloomington Pork Packing Co.
Audi-Cord Corporation Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Audi-Cord Corp. in Normal advertises electronic equipment, including cartridges, recorders, and reproducers.
Low Density Corn Planting
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A farmer walks a cornfield of low density corn in eastern McLean County about 1920.
Corn Dollar Inside 1916 Corn Palace
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The interior of the 1916 Bloomington Corn Palace shows the giant corn dollar on display amongst ears of corn.
Bloomington Corn Palace in 1916
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This sketch of the 1916 Bloomington Corn Palace shows the palace as it was built around the Coliseum.
Ford Station Wagon 1933
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Photograph, b/w
House Converted to Sheep Barn
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This building on the Leo Miller farm was constructed as a residence in the 1870s. Twenty years later, it was converted to a sheep barn.
Bonus March demonstrators on the steps of the U.S. Capitol
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Photograph, b/w
Conner Prairie Living History Museum Interpreter
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Costumed interpreter combing flax, part of the process to prepare the fibers for spinning into linen.
Scrimshaw whale teeth
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Photograph, b/w
Modern whaleship 'Baleana'
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Drawing, pen and ink
Types of whales: Mystacoceti or toothless cetaceans
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Drawing, pen and ink
Scrimshaw whale tooth
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Photograph, b/w
Types of whales: Odontoceti or toothed cetaceans
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Drawing, pen and ink

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