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Political Vision of the Mexican People

Latinoamerica

Political Vision of the Mexican People

History of the State of Morelos. Conquest and Revolution

Landscape with Sprouting Corn

Chinch Bug

Adjusting belt on combine in October 1995

High density corn planting

Funk's 90-Day Corn Advertisement

Shocked Corn

Corn Landscape

Corn Mortar

Loading seed into corn planter

Hauling corn to Shirley elevator

Sommer Bros. Float in 1947 Corn Bowl Parade

Single Row Corn Picker about 1935

Shirley Corn and Horse Show

Advertisement of Detasselers

Eugene Funk

Corn Blotter Advertisement from 1916 Corn Show

Early Moldboard Plow

Funk Brothers Products

Corn Knife

Center-Pivot Irrigation System Growing Alfalfa

Fertilizing the corn crop

Traditional Cornfield Planting

County School Display at State Fair

Funk Brothers State Fair Exhibit

Man hits barbed wire fence

Combine on Murphy Farms

Marking Cornfield

Grassed Waterway

Corn Planter Advertisement

Drag Roller

Planter, Hand

Preparing corn planter

Harvesting Corn on Funk Trust Farm

Cornbelt Bank Building, Bloomington, Illinois (detail)

Feasting on Sweet Corn at the Corn Bowl

World map of spread of corn

Political Vision of the Mexican People
Image | 1923-1924 | College of Fine and Applied Arts: Teaching CollectionBetween 1923 and 1924.
Latinoamerica
Image | 1974 | College of Fine and Applied Arts: Teaching CollectionCulture: American
Political Vision of the Mexican People
Image | 1923-1924 | College of Fine and Applied Arts: Teaching CollectionBetween 1923 and 1924.
History of the State of Morelos. Conquest and Revolution
Image | 1930-1931 | College of Fine and Applied Arts: Teaching CollectionBetween 1930 and 1931.
Landscape with Sprouting Corn
Image | 1936 | Modern and Contemporary Art from the Jonathan Fineberg CollectionCulture: German
Chinch Bug
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The chinch bug in this drawing -- actual size is 1/16" -- destroyed millions of dollars worth of the corn in the 1930s.
Adjusting belt on combine in October 1995
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Darrell Beehn, Jr. adjusts a belt on a John Deere 4400 combine in October 1995.
High density corn planting
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This modern cornfield shows narrow rows and high plant density.
Funk's 90-Day Corn Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This ad for Funk's 90-Day Corn provides photos and descriptions of the company's high yielding corn.
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.
Corn Landscape
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A photograph for a Funk advertisement by James Holbert, one of the main men behind Funk's success. The photo shows a large cornfield in the background and and a farmer with cattle in the foreground. Text on photo reads: Corn. America's contribution to the world's food supply.
Corn Mortar
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This corn mortar was used by early McLean County settler John Moore for pounding corn.
Loading seed into corn planter
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Darrell Beehn Jr. loads Pioneer seed into an International 400 Cycle planter near Shirley, Illinois. Darrell Beehn Sr. stands beside the planter.
Hauling corn to Shirley elevator
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Darrell Beehn, Jr. hauls grain to the elevator near Shirley, Illinois, in the fall of 1995.
Sommer Bros. Float in 1947 Corn Bowl Parade
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A Sommer Bros. Seed Co. float travels in the 1947 Corn Bowl parade.
Single Row Corn Picker about 1935
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A single row corn picker machine helps harvest the crop in a McLean County field about 1935.
Shirley Corn and Horse Show
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The entrance to the main tent at the 1912 Shirley Corn and Horse Show was decorated with cornstalks. Hundreds came to celebrate the corn harvest.
Advertisement of Detasselers
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Advertisement and photograph of detasselers during World War II.
Eugene Funk
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This is a portrait of Eugene Funk, who began breeding and selling corn seed. He was a noted seedsman who pioneered the use of hybrid corn. He was the son of LaFayette Funk, co-founder and director the Chicago Union Stockyards.
Corn Blotter Advertisement from 1916 Corn Show
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A blotter from the 1916 Bloomington Cornfest advertises the Corn Palace.
Early Moldboard Plow
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This early moldboard plow was used to open new land for cornfields in spring.
Funk Brothers Products
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This photo shows a range of Funk Brothers seed products.
Corn Knife
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The corn knife, about 18 inches long, was often hammered from available scrap metal.
Center-Pivot Irrigation System Growing Alfalfa
Image | 1988 | Bob Riley Landscape Architecture CollectionPortion of concentric circles in alfalfa field
Fertilizing the corn crop
Audio | 4 | WILL Sound Recordings (Digital Surrogates)No audio on side B
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.
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.
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.
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.
Grassed Waterway
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The development of grassed waterways in the late 1930s revolutionized the appearance of the Cornbelt.
Corn Planter Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)An ad for a corn planter with description.
Drag Roller
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This drawing shows a drag roller, a rotating cylinder on one end and a hitch on the other.
Planter, Hand
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)1. Homemade corn planter, painted blue. No distinguishing marks. Has handle, seed hopper and hand-lever. 2. Wooden planter. Long square body, flat on one side and tapers to a blunt point on the front. Tin panel on the nose. Single handle with a turned grip which raises and lowers to release seed through the nose. Wakefield Patent, Patent Date July 25, 1854.
Preparing corn planter
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Harold Smith prepares a John Deere 16 row planter in the spring of 1995.
Harvesting Corn on Funk Trust Farm
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A Cat Challenger grain cart and combine work in a cornfield on Funk Trust Farm near Shirley, Illinois, in October 1995.
Cornbelt Bank Building, Bloomington, Illinois (detail)
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)After the great Bloomington fire of 1900, the Cornbelt Bank was rebuilt and featured corn ears on the pilaster capitals.
Feasting on Sweet Corn at the Corn Bowl
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)During the Corn Bowl, patrons sit at long tables and dine on sweet corn in celebration.
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.

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