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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.
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.
Row Marker Sketch
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A sketch of a man in a row marker being pulled by two horses. The vehicle has large wheels on each side.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Driving Hogs to Market
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A sketch of men with whips driving a herd of hogs to market.
Harvest Time Sketch
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A harvest scene sketch of a farmer shocking corn, another harvesting it, and bundles of shocked corn scattered throughout the field.
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.
Loading Corn into Wagons
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)In a field, corn is loaded into a wagon so it can be transported.
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.
McLean County Map in Corn Exhibit
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A map of McLean County sits in the middle of a corn school exhibit at a December 17, 1909, Teacher's Institute in Normal, Illinois.
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.
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.
Metal Corn Bins
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Metal corn bins for the Ever-Normal Granary store corn of a Funk's hybrid.
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.
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.
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.
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.

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