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Everybody should use Dr. Howe's Medicines Advertisement

Justrite Vacuum Cleaners Advertisement

French Art Doll

Marion's Hired Hand

Traditional Cornfield Planting

County School Display at State Fair

Map of Funk Farms, McLean County, Illinois

Funk Brothers State Fair Exhibit

Moore's Marble Works

Bloomington Cider and Vinegar Company Advertisement

Man hits barbed wire fence

Combine on Murphy Farms

Pierre Menard Home, Ellis Grove, Illinois

Hedged Cornfield about 1925

Giant Ear of Corn from 1915 Festival

Walter W. Waters, Commander of the Bonus Expeditionary Force

Printing Press, c. 1830

Women's daytime dresses

Woman in evening dress

Peeler, Fruit

Pantagraph Typesetters

Meadows Washer Line

The 'Y' Brick Yard Advertisement

Henney Kilowatt Advertisement

Ear of corn close-up

Maxwell, Batchelder and Co. Business Receipt

Pantagraph Press Room

H.A. Miner Business Receipt

Corn Crib Building

World map of spread of corn

Inside of corn kernel

Bloomington Manufacturing Company

Dr. Howe's Medicines Advertisement

Moratz Planing Mill

Trapeze artists, Mary & Roy Valentine with Reiner

Wrench, Automotive

No. 3 School, Bloomington, Illinois

Illinois Central Railroad

Marking Cornfield

Slatted Corn Crib bins

Everybody should use Dr. Howe's Medicines Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Honey Balsam and Blackberry Balsam were two of the popular medicines of Dr. Howe. Dr. Howe and his partner, Dr. Woodard, produced a variety of patent medicines in Bloomington. Their medicines were later produced by Dr. Z. Waters who gave his name to the line.
Justrite Vacuum Cleaners Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Justrite Vacuum Cleaner Company unsuccessfully tried to launch a vacuum cleaner line in the early 20th century.
French Art Doll
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This is a cloth doll with blonde hair. The head is made of a cheese cloth type material and has painted features including blue eyes under black eyebrows and red lips. The long slender body is made of purple sateen as are the long arms and legs.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Moore's Marble Works
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Moore's Marble Works at 311 with Washington was in business in Bloomington from 1876 to 1918. It produced tombstones and monuments.
Bloomington Cider and Vinegar Company Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Bloomington Cider and Vinegar Co. factory was a short-lived 19th century business packaging vinegar and sweet pickles.
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.
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.
Pierre Menard Home, Ellis Grove, Illinois
Multi-Page Item | 8 pages | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Collection of views of the Pierre Menard Home.
Hedged Cornfield about 1925
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Behind the hedging is a harvested cornfield with a utility pole and wire running through it. Two barns sit in the background.
Giant Ear of Corn from 1915 Festival
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This giant ear of corn made for the 1915 Bloomington Cornfest is comprised of hundreds of smaller ears of corn.
Walter W. Waters, Commander of the Bonus Expeditionary Force
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Photograph, b/w
Printing Press, c. 1830
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The noted abolitionist Elijah P. Lovejoy (1802-37) is believed to have owned this press, which is in the collection of the Chicago Historical Society.
Women's daytime dresses
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Drawing, color
Woman in evening dress
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Photograph, b/w
Peeler, Fruit
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Apple Peeler. All iron with a wooden handle. Has a springloaded cutting device and turn handle. Attached to wooden base. 15.75" long. Has no patent date or marks.
Pantagraph Typesetters
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Workers set type at the Bloomington Pantagraph Printing and Stationery Co. about 1900.
Meadows Washer Line
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Four workers on the Meadows Washer line assemble clothes washers.
The 'Y' Brick Yard Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)S.B. Rankin was the proprietor of The 'Y' Brick Yard on Bunn St.
Henney Kilowatt Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Henney Kilowatt electric automobile, was produced by C. Russell Feldman and Henney Motor Car Company in 1953.
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.
Maxwell, Batchelder and Co. Business Receipt
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)In 1872, Maxwell, Batchelder & Co. manufacturered inks and sold books and stationery.
Pantagraph Press Room
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Workers operate the printing press at The Bloomington Pantagraph Printing and Stationery Co., about 1900.
H.A. Miner Business Receipt
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)In 1875, H.A. Miner offered his services as a manufacturer of sash, doors, blinds, mouldings, and house finishings.
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.
World map of spread of corn
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This color world map shows where corn orignated and how and when it spread across the globe.
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.
Bloomington Manufacturing Company
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Bloomington Manufacturing Company manufactured the "Graham Mower and Reaper" in the 1860s.
Dr. Howe's Medicines Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Dr. Howe and his partner, Dr. Woodard, produced a variety of patent medicines in Bloomington. Their medicines were later produced by Dr. Z. Waters who gave his name to the line.
Moratz Planing Mill
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)At the Moratz Planing Mill about 1915, workers stand amongst wood shaping equipment.
Trapeze artists, Mary & Roy Valentine with Reiner
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Valentines and Reiner pose for a publicity photograph. They were famous trapeze artists.
Wrench, Automotive
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Two headed wrench, marked "Ford" on the obverse, "1917" on the reverse. Probably used for a Model T. Found in the Chesebro blacksmith shop.
No. 3 School, Bloomington, Illinois
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Number 3 School was a tall brick structure located at Jackson and Mason Streets, Bloomington, Illinois.
Illinois Central Railroad
Multi-Page Item | 23 pages | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Pamphlet about the Illinois Central Railroad lands that were for sale in Illinois in 1858, contains a description of the lands, advantages of settling in Illinois, various letters in regard to soil, etc., extracts from "A Glance at Illinois", and information about the towns along the railroad.
Marking Cornfield
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This drawing of a hand-held planter shows a farmer planting in evenly-marked spaces.
Slatted Corn Crib bins
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Bins at either side of corn cribs were designed to hold ear corn.

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